1) To provide a supportive non-judgemental space for students and staff interested in qualitative research to present their research, to discuss methodological challenges and innovations, to critique and generate ideas, and to learn about qualitative theory and methods.
2) To offer the opportunity to meet/network with other researchers and students undertaking/considering qualitative research in applied health from any academic discipline.
QSIG mid-day talks offer an opportunity to present/share work. QSIG talks are held online on the last Monday of each month. Each meeting lasts approximately one hour.
As a part of the ‘mid-day talk’ set-up, the QSIG also offers a space for a journal club. The QSIG journal club offers an opportunity to review and discuss selected reading on a qualitative research topic, theoretically-driven text, or qualitative research training material.
QSIG members have the opportunity to showcase their work on the QUAHRC website.
Reflecting on an approach that combines Video-Reflexive Ethnography, Experience-Based Co-Design and creative thinking: Dr Clair Le Boutillier will present her fellowship study that explores how creative methods and design collaborations can be used to inform the co-design of digital personalised care and support planning for adults living with colorectal cancer.
Annie Irvine presents her experiences of using a multimedia mobile phone app to keep in touch with participants in a qualitative longitudinal study of transitions between work and welfare benefits, for people with mental health problems.
Polly Radcliffe and Emma Smith present findings from the Stepping Stones study, a longitudinal qualitative study on services and care for women who use drugs in the perinatal period.
In this session, Grace Horwood presents her research on ‘Mental Wealth’ and ‘Mental Fitness’: the discursive construction of mental health in the Australian news media during the COVID-19 pandemic