Table 2 Data collection timeline during the QRM training
From: Health professionals learning qualitative research in their workplace: a focused ethnography
#Phase and month | Activity | Data Collection Method |
|---|---|---|
#1 month 1 | Teachers explain how to define a GT research question and trainees write a possible one | Observations and field notes |
#2 month 1 | Every trainee performs a literature search | Observations and field notes |
#2 month 1 | Teachers discuss each research question, and choose the three that are correct and most feasible | Observations and field notes |
#2 month 2 | Teachers explain how to write a GT research protocol and the local EC requests | Observations and field notes |
#2 month 2 | Every trainee studies material about qualitative interviewing and keeps writing the research protocol | Observations and field notes |
#2 month 3 | Teachers explain what GT coding is and invite each group to open code an interview sample | Observations and field notes |
#2 month 4 | Each group finalizes the writing of the protocol | Observations and field notes |
#4 month 8 | Each group codes the first interviews | Observations and field notes |
#4 month 9 | Each group discusses the provisional focused coding with teachers | Observations and field notes |
# 5 month 9 | Teachers define the method for theoretical sampling with trainees and explain what saturation is | Observations and field notes |
#5 month 11 | Teachers explain what theoretical coding is and to the procedure for work theoretically with the data | Observations and field notes |
#6 month 12 | Each PI reports the findings | Observations and field notes |
Focus group | ||
Interviews |