Medical Education Research and Scholarship: Qualitative Methods

Overviews of Qualitative Approaches

• A novice’s guide to qualitative health professions education research
• Qualitative research methods in medical education 
• Yale Qualitative Research Series (6 YouTube video modules)

Common Issues in Qualitative Methods Design and Reporting

• Shedding the Cobra Effect: Problematizing Thematic Emergence, Triangulation, Saturation and Member Checking
• KeyLIME - Methods Consult (podcast discussing the above article)

Thematic Analysis

• Thematic analysis of qualitative data: AMEE Guide No. 131
• Using thematic analysis in psychology
• A step-by-step process of thematic analysis to develop a conceptual model in qualitative research 

Assessing the quality of qualitative research

• How to…assess the quality of qualitative research

Focus Groups

• Using focus groups in medical education research: AMEE Guide No. 91

Interviewing

• How to…do research interviews in different ways

Ethical Issues in Qualitative Research

• Recognizing and responding to ethically important moments in qualitative research

Program Evaluation Data and Qualitative Research

• Using Data from Program Evaluations for Qualitative Research

Grounded Theory

• Grounded theory in medical education research: AMEE Guide No. 70
• Necessary groundwork: planning a grounded theory study
• Grounded theory research: A design framework for novice researchers

Hermeneutic Phenomenology

• When I say…hermeneutic phenomenology

Narrative Inquiry

• Narrative inquiry: a relational research methodology for medical education

Reporting Your Research

• Standards for reporting qualitative research: a synthesis of recommendations