Applying Qualitative Research to Randomised Controlled Trials
This course will run in our next programme of short courses.
We are updating this page. Currently the information relates to the last run of the course. Find out confirmed course dates for 2024-2025 here.
This course aims to illustrate how qualitative research can be used to optimise the design and conduct of randomised trials, particularly pragmatic trials of complex interventions.
Fantastic to hear about the strengths of including qualitative work in trials and the power this can have. I will definitely include qualitative work in future grant applications.
Note: This course was previously titled Qualitative Research to Optimise Design and Conduct of Randomised Trials
Format | Online |
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Structure | Taught over 1 full day |
Audience | Open to all applicants |
Course Organisers | Dr Marcus Jepson & Clare Clement |
Full course details
Introduction
This course will demonstrate how qualitative research can be used to address particular trial design and conduct issues, enhance understanding of how qualitative methods can be integrated at various stages of a trial, show how a range of qualitative methods can be used within trials, and facilitate greater confidence in including qualitative research in grant applications for randomised trials. It is not a course of how to do qualitative research but rather a course on how to appreciate its value within trials.
Course format
This 1 day course will run online using Blackboard Collaborate, with a mix of live presentations and small group work.
Course objectives
By the end of the course participants should:
- appreciate how qualitative research can be used to address particular randomised trial design and conduct issues (particularly in pragmatic trials of complex interventions);
- be aware how qualitative research can be of value at various stages of the trial process;
- realise the range of qualitative methods that can be used within a trial; and
- be better equipped to include qualitative research in grant applications for randomised trials.
Who the course is intended for
This course is intended for researchers and health professionals who have a reasonable knowledge of the process of conducting randomised trials within a health service context, and who are interested in how qualitative methods can optimise the design and conduct of a trial; and qualitative researchers who wish to consider how they could apply their skills to optimise the design and conduct of randomised trials.
Course outline
This course will cover:
- using qualitative research to address particular randomised trial design and conduct issues;
- integrating qualitative research at various stages of the development and running of a trial;
- how a range of qualitative methods can be used within a trial; and
- incorporating qualitative research in grant applications for randomised trials.
Bookings are currently closed.
You will be able to register with our booking system from midday 17 September 2024. Bookings will be accepted from midday 8 October 2024.
Really informative, well run, delivered on objectives
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