Workshop in synthesising qualitative research

The Scottish Graduate School of Social Science welcomes postgraduate research students to the following advanced training event:

Workshop in synthesising qualitative research

11-12 May 2015

University of Edinburgh

This workshop will take the format of a series of short lectures interspersed with small group working and discussions. The focus is on both on knowledge and skill building, and throughout the process engages the participant to share their own experiences and how they want to apply their learning. We previously hosted this trianing event in May 2014 and made a short film about the trianing and the experiences of those involved. The film can be viewed on Vimeo.

During the course you will learn:

Introduction
-Reasons why you might want to undertake a synthesis of qualitative research
-Different types of synthesis

Methods for a synthesis of qualitative studies
How to:

• devise a good review question
• develop inclusion/exclusion criteria
• search for studies
• apply the inclusion criteria
• extract data
• quality appraise
• analysis and synthesis (different approaches including thematic synthesis and meta-ethnography)

The course will have a mixture of teaching and practical skill sessions with an emphasis on shared learning, and the development of a set of skills that should enable to undertake a review.

Level of prior learning required: it would be useful if participants had an understanding of either qualitative research, or systematic literature searching.

Organisation details

The organiser of this event is Ruth Jepson and further questions can be directed to her at ruth.jepson@ed.ac.uk

Students based at Scottish Universities (outwith Edinburgh) who do not have pre-existing sources of funding for travel can apply for travel and accommodation expenses to be reimbursed after the event. Students based at Universities outwith Scotland must fund their travel and accommodation costs themselves.