- Docente: Elisa Ambrosi
- Credits: 2
- SSD: MED/45
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Nursing and Midwifery Sciences (cod. 8488)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to develop and apply original ideas for quality research in nursing and midwifery.
Course contents
Introduction to qualitative research:
Reasons to perform a qualitative research
The development of qualitative research in nursing
Characteristics of qualitative research
Sampling in qualitative studies
Purposive or purposeful sampling
Theoretical sampling
Snowball sampling
Convenience sampling
Data collection in qualitative studies
Interview (structured, semi-structured, unstructured)
Focus group
Observation
Concept of triangulation and data saturation
Methods of qualitative research
Phenomenology
Grounded Theory
Ethnography
The trustworthiness in qualitative research
Qualitative research and evidence-based paradigm
Strategies and tools to critically read a qualitative research article (COREQ check list)
How to write a qualitative research project
Readings/Bibliography
Mortari L, Zannini L (2017). La ricerca qualitativa in ambito sanitario. Roma: Carocci Editore, Collana Studi Superiori.
Teaching methods
Interactive lesson
Assessment methods
Development of a qualitative research project.
Teaching tools
Personal computer and published articles.
Office hours
See the website of Elisa Ambrosi