Methodological and disciplinary competence and insecurity in qualitative research

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Abstract

This chapter is based on discussions at a workshop at the Nordic Social Pharmacy Conference in 2019, named How do we know it’s good? A workshop on quality criteria in qualitative social and clinical pharmacy research. After an introduction, the chapter continues with a glance at two different epistemologies. Thereafter, reflections on the challenges that many social pharmacy researchers meet as they come from a natural science background into qualitative research are presented. Specific aspects presented and discussed are: methodological and disciplinary competence and insecurity, reflexivity, transparency, checklists, quality criteria, sample size, and saturation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationContemporary research methods in pharmacy and health services
EditorsShane P. Desselle, Victoria Garcia-Cárdenas, Claire Anderson, Parisa Aslani, Aleda M.H. Chen, Timothy F. Chen
PublisherAcademic Press
Publication date2022
Edition1
Pages567-574
Chapter39
ISBN (Print)9780323918886
ISBN (Electronic)9780323914260
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

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Keywords

  • Data saturation
  • Qualitative research
  • Quality criteria
  • Reflexivity
  • Validity

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