PHI5215 Qualitative research methods
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
PHI5215 Qualitative research methods is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. It isn't offered in 2023. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2023
- Other periods
- Indonesia
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
This is the 2023 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before PHI5215
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After PHI5215
No unit lists PHI5215 as a prerequisite in the 2023 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Must be enrolled in PG Indonesia degree
Equivalent units
The same content under another code. Only one of them counts.
Overview
This unit provides an introduction to the research designs and methods used in qualitative research and is designed to help the student develop the practical skills required in the design and assessment of a qualitative research project. The unit covers the six main qualitative research designs relevant to public health and health services research, data collection methods, analysis approaches and critical appraisal of qualitative studies. Ethical considerations and mixed methods approaches are also covered.
Offerings in 2023
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Monash Indonesia term 4 | Indonesia | Online |
Assessment
- Interview or focus group guide (800 words)30%
- Critical appraisal (800 words)30%
- Ethics application (1,000 words) including protocol (2,000 words)40%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Match the research question to the appropriate qualitative research design (descriptive, phenomenology, action research, case study, ethnography and grounded theory);
- 2
Develop qualitative data collection processes (interview and focus group guides, participant observation sheets);
- 3
Describe principles of good research and ethical issues in qualitative research including recruitment, sampling, data collection and analysis approaches;
- 4
Describe the main types of data analysis approaches for qualitative research (content analysis, thematic analysis, narrative analysis, discourse analysis and grounded theory);
- 5
Apply thematic analysis coding techniques to an example transcript;
- 6
Critique qualitative papers published in health services and public health literature;
- 7
Describe how qualitative research can be used in mixed methods research designs.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials24 hours
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Assistant Professor Gabriela Fernando
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Dragan Ilic
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for PHI5215?
PHI5215 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is PHI5215 offered?
PHI5215 has no offerings listed in the 2023 handbook.
Does PHI5215 have an exam?
No. PHI5215 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.