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Shedding the cobra effect: problematising thematic emergence, triangulation, saturation and member checking.
TLDR
Some HPE scholars have begun to use terms in qualitative publications without critically reflecting on: (i) their ontological and epistemological roots; (ii) their definitions, or (iii) their implications.Abstract:
Context
Qualitative research is widely accepted as a legitimate approach to inquiry in health professions education (HPE). To secure this status, qualitative researchers have developed a variety of strategies (e.g. reliance on post-positivist qualitative methodologies, use of different rhetorical techniques, etc.) to facilitate the acceptance of their research methodologies and methods by the HPE community. Although these strategies have supported the acceptance of qualitative research in HPE, they have also brought about some unintended consequences. One of these consequences is that some HPE scholars have begun to use terms in qualitative publications without critically reflecting on: (i) their ontological and epistemological roots; (ii) their definitions, or (iii) their implications.
Objectives
In this paper, we share our critical reflections on four qualitative terms popularly used in the HPE literature: thematic emergence; triangulation; saturation, and member checking.
Methods
We discuss the methodological origins of these terms and the applications supported by these origins. We reflect critically on how these four terms became expected of qualitative research in HPE, and we reconsider their meanings and use by drawing on the broader qualitative methodology literature.
Conclusions
Through this examination, we hope to encourage qualitative scholars in HPE to avoid using qualitative terms uncritically and non-reflexively.read more
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Competencies for the Use of Artificial Intelligence–Based Tools by Health Care Professionals
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The ways social networks shape reflection on early significant clinical experiences in medical school
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Utilidad de la triangulación en salud
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Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research
TL;DR: The Discovery of Grounded Theory as mentioned in this paper is a book about the discovery of grounded theories from data, both substantive and formal, which is a major task confronting sociologists and is understandable to both experts and laymen.
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Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ): a 32-item checklist for interviews and focus groups
Allison Tong,Allison Tong,Peter Sainsbury,Peter Sainsbury,Jonathan C. Craig,Jonathan C. Craig +5 more
TL;DR: The criteria included in COREQ, a 32-item checklist, can help researchers to report important aspects of the research team, study methods, context of the study, findings, analysis and interpretations.