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Introduction to Qualitative Methods in Health Sciences
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3738-20-00-00There are no available seats 
Enrollment deadline: 20/12/2019
Date and time27.01.2020, at: 08:00 - 30.01.2020, at: 15:00
Regular seats14
Course fee4,320.00 kr.
LecturersThordis Thomsen
ECTS credits2.40
Contact personKarin Frydenlund Jespersen    E-mail address: karin.frydenlund.jespersen@regionh.dk
Enrolment Handling/Course OrganiserPhD administration     E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk

Aim and content
This is a generic course. This means that the course is reserved for PhD students at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences at UCPH. Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student at the Graduate School, you will be placed on the waiting list until enrollment deadline. After the enrolment deadline, available seats will be allocated to the waiting list.

The course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School). All other participants must pay the course fee.

Learning objectives
A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:

1.Describe and compare different types of qualitative approaches
2.Discuss the usefulness of each approach in relation to the research question
3.Use an appropriate design in own study
4.Plan the use of varius research methodologies in own research

Content
The course includes an introduction to qualitative inquiry using various approaches (hermeneutics, phenomenology, narrative inquiry, ethnography, thematic, and content analysis) and methods (interviews, participant observation and field work).

Participants
Participants are PhD students and other postgraduate researchers conducting qualitative studies.

Relevance to graduate programmes
The course is relevant to PhD students from the following graduate programmes at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH:

Surgical Sciences
All graduate programmes

Language
Danish or English

Form
Each approach is presented in lectures and discussed with the participants during exercises workshops where participants work with different aspects of conducting qualitative research, and during workshops where participants present their studies for discussion. Questions related to each approach are answered during group discussions.

Course director
Thordis Thomsen, associate professor, Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, thordis.thomsen@regionh.dk

Teachers
Thordis Thomsen, associate professor, Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, Herlev Acute, Critical and Emergency Care Science Unit. University of Copenhagen, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital thordis.thomsen@regionh.dk
Thordis Thomsen, associate professor, Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, Herlev Anesthesia Critical and Emergency Care Science Unit. Univeristy of Copenhagen, Herlev Hospital thordis.thomsen@regionh.dk
Ingrid Egerod, professor, Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, Research Unit 7831, Rigshospitalet ingrid.egerod@regionh.dk
Julie Midtgaard, associate professor, Universitetshospitalernes Center for Sundhedsfaglig Forskning, Rigshospitalet, Julie@ucsf.dk
Bente Appel Esbensen, associate professor, research manager, Videncenter for Reumatologi og Rygsygdomme (VRR), Rigshospitalet. bente.appel.esbensen@regionh.dk
Anne Kjærgaard Danielsen, senior researcher, Ph.D., University of Copenhagen, Herlev Hospital,. anne.Kjaergaard.Danielsen@regionh.dk
Vibeke Zoffmann, professor, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Research Unit for Women’s and Childens’ Health, Rigshospitalet
Vibeke.zoffmannegionh.dk

Dates
27-30 January 2020

Course location
Mærsk tårnet: Lokale 7.15.152

Registration
20th December 2019

Seats to PhD students from other Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the applicable rules.
Applications from other participants will be consideres after the last day of enrolment.






Note: All applicants are asked to submit invoice details in case of no-show, late cancellation or obligation to pay the course fee (typically non-PhD students). If you are a PhD student, your participation in the course must be in agreement with your principal supervisor.

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