Course content

Qualitative research methods are well suited in order to study personal experiences, understanding, reflections and reasoning. The course will provide an overview of questions concerning theoretical background, collecting data, analysis and reporting of relevance for clinical and health sciences research in a medical researh tradition.

Learning outcome

After completing the course, the student:
- Should have knowledge about methods and norms for acquiring data, analysis and rapporting of qualitative data in a
medical research tradition
- Should have extensive knowledge about what qualitative research methods are
- Should be able to plan and conduct individual qualitative interviews
- Should be able to analyze texts
- Should be able to plan, conduct and analyze small qualitative studies

Learning methods and activities

Lectures and assignements, both individual and a group assignement. The subject is only carried out if enough students register. If there are more than three english speaking students, the lectures will be given in english (questions, reports etc can still be in Norwegian). The sum of both of the individual assignments must be passed to pass the whole subject.

Compulsory assignments

• Exam workshop

Required previous knowledge

Enrollment in the Master of Clinical Health Science Program. Other applicants must be evaluated individually.

Course materials

Steinar Kvale, Svend Brinkmann (2009). Interviews : learning the craft of qualitative research interviewing. Los Angeles, Calif, Sage. ISBN: 978-0-7619-2542-2, h., 978-0-7619-2541-5, ib. 2 Utgave. Sidetall: 354.
Articles distributed at the beginning of the semester

Credit reductions