Applied Qualitative Research: A Practical Guide for Graduate Student Researchers

Are you interested in gaining an understanding of how to design, conduct, and present applied qualitative research? If so, these online workshops are for you! While this series is particularly intended for graduate students, FGS additionally invites and warmly welcomes graduate faculty including supervisors and committee members, as well as research staff, and postdocs. Feel free to come to one, two or all of them! Workshops will be delivered virtually and will be recorded. Registration is required.

Facilitated by Dr. Karen Campbell, RN, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, York University. Dr. Campbell’s program of research focuses on the intersections of women’s health with physical and social geography. She has taught graduate-level courses in qualitative research and designed and conducted multiple applied qualitative research projects using a broad range of study designs and approaches to analysis.

Hosted by Associate Dean, Academic, Dr. Cheryl van Daalen-Smith, RN, PhD

Learning objectives

Over the course of the three webinars, participants will be able to:

• identify critical elements of research design and knowledge generation in applied qualitative research;
• develop an answerable research question, estimate sample size, and engage in reflexivity;
• determine data generation processes that align with the study design;
• develop practical skills to apply Braun and Clarke’s reflexive thematic analysis.

Webinar One: Developing a Plan for Conducting Applied Qualitative Research

In this session, we cover an overview of applied qualitative research, including how to develop a research plan. We focus on relevant designs and how to find methodological congruence or “fit” when making study decisions (e.g., objectives, design, questions, and sampling). Additionally, participants will learn how to create answerable applied qualitative research questions using an EPPiC framework. Links to materials to be provided.

When: Wednesday, February 26, 2025 from 11:00am-12:15pm ET

You may also be interested in Webinar Two: Data Generation using a Decision-Making Framework on Wednesday, March 19, 2025 and Webinar Three: From Coding and Beyond: Reflexive Thematic Analysis in Action on Wednesday April 16, 2025.

Registration is required: register