To prepare:
- Using the Learning Resources as a guide, determine a qualitative research topic that is of interest to you and applies to a clinical practice area.
- With your selected topic, formulate at least one research question that could serve as the basis for a qualitative research study.
- Consider which of the following qualitative research methods would best address your selected research question: phenomenology, ethnography, or grounded theory. Why is that method appropriate?
- Anticipate any issues (related to ethics, credibility, management, funding, etc.) you might encounter if you were to engage in this research project, and consider how you would handle them.
- Ask yourself: What other qualitative methods could be used to address my selected qualitative research topic? What are the strengths and weaknesses of these methods?
- What are the attitudes of elderly people with stroke towards the daily use of assistive devices and technologies?
- what is the process of reimaging after an alteration in body appearance or function?
- What role does the therapist’s spirituality play in the treatment of his or her patients?
- How do female high school teachers who have been physically assaulted by students overcome their fears, so they can effectively teach?
- what is the lived experience of adults who are integrating a hearing loss into their lives?
- How do adolescent Latinas/Latinos conceptualize classroom participation processes shape active oral participation?
- what is it like to be a young urban African-American who has at least one AIDS-afflicted family member?
- Review Chapter 4, “Introduction to Qualitative Research”
- Chapter 12, ““Qualitative Research Methods” (pp. 274 – 281)