The Health Experiences Research Group, based in the Department of Primary Health Care, University of Oxford is running the following Qualitative Research Methods courses 2011/12 .

 Upcoming courses:

For further details about our courses, please go to http://www.primarycare.ox.ac.uk/research/herg/hergcourses/courses

Or  contact: Francie Smee, Health Experiences Research Group, Tel: 01865 289328     email: francie.smee@phc.ox.ac.uk

This one week course is aimed at health professionals, researchers and postgraduate students with little or no understanding of qualitative research methods.  It aims to provide hands on practical experience of different qualitative methods including
in-depth interviewing, focus groups and ethnography.  Cost: £995

This two day course is aimed at researchers who are interested in the possibility of reusing data from existing qualitative studies to investigate new topics.  It will look at the benefits and challenges of secondary analysis which may often involve data collected by other researchers for different purposes. Cost: £390

This two day course is aimed at researchers who are planning to undertake or manage qualitative research using in-depth or semi structured interviews or those who have already collected qualitative interview data which they are unsure how to analyse. Cost: £390

This one day course is aimed at health professionals, researchers and postgraduate students who want to develop skills in organising and facilitating focus groups and in analysing focus group data.  The course is suitable for those with little or no understanding of focus group method as well as those wishing to review and broaden existing skills. Cost: £195