The first Qualitative Cafe Brown Bag of 2010 is set for Thursday, Feb. 11, from 12 to 1 p.m. in rm. 252 in the College of Nursing building. The first lecture, given by the Department of Family and Community Medicine’s Chrissy Getrich and Andrew Sussman, is titled "Theory building and representation in qualitative research: How do we show what we know?" Bring a lunch and any interested colleagues and or students—all are invited.
Qualitative researchers employ a variety of analytic strategies to make sense of the information we gather. Through this interpretive process researchers often seek to build theory and devise creative strategies to represent complex findings. By sharing with diverse communities of interest, researchers are challenged to capture this complexity and communicate the richness of work.
Drawing from an ongoing qualitative study of HPV vaccine health policy issues, Getrich and Sussman will generate discussion about how qualitative researchers address theory building and representation.
For more information contact Casey Burnett, College of Nursing Research Department, (505) 272-0684.
Posted by scarr at February 2, 2010 12:59 PM