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About the course

The course is divided into two programmes (introduction and advanced) delivered over two consecutive days. These can be attended both together or each course/day separately. The course is delivered through a series of talks with practical exercises, examples and group discussions.

Participants can choose to participate in one or both days of the course, depending on their learning needs. Previous knowledge of qualitative research is not a requirement for attending the full course, or the first day. Anyone wishing to participate only on the second day will need recent experience or qualifications in qualitative research.

Who will benefit from the course?

The course will mostly use examples from health and social care. However, the general principles are transferable to any area of investigation, and will benefit anyone with an interest in qualitative methods; especially those who believe in context-dependent and value-based methods to understand human experiences.  The following are examples of groups that could benefit from the course:

• Academics and researchers
• Health and social care practitioners and managers
• Public health practitioners
• Service improvement specialists
• Implementation scientists
• Postgraduate research students
• Healthcare designers and commissioners
• Evaluators of complex interventions
• Product designers and developers