A guide for a student-led doctoral-level qualitative methods short course in epidemiology: faculty and student perspectives.

Autor:	Gille F; Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care (IfIS), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.; Digital Society Initiative (DSI), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland., Frei A; Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland., Kaufmann M; Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland., Lehmann A; Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland., Muñoz Laguna J; Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.; EBPI-UWZH Musculoskeletal Epidemiology Research Group, University of Zurich and Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.; University Spine Centre Zurich (UWZH), Balgrist University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland., Papadopoulos K; Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care (IfIS), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.; Digital Society Initiative (DSI), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland., Spörri A; Central Informatics, Multimedia an E-Learning Services, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland., Stanikić M; Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care (IfIS), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.; Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland., Tušl M; Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland., Zavattaro F; Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care (IfIS), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.; Digital Society Initiative (DSI), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland., Puhan MA; Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	International journal of epidemiology [Int J Epidemiol] 2024 Feb 14; Vol. 53 (2).
DOI:	10.1093/ije/dyae029
Abstrakt:	Qualitative research and mixed methods are core competencies for epidemiologists. In response to the shortage of guidance on graduate course development, we wrote a course development guide aimed at faculty and students designing similar courses in epidemiology curricula. The guide combines established educational theory with faculty and student experiences from a recent introductory course for epidemiology and biostatistics doctoral students at the University of Zurich and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich. We propose a student-centred course with inverse classroom teaching and practice exercises with faculty input. Integration of student input during the course development process helps align the course syllabus with student needs. The proposed course comprises six sessions that cover learning outcomes in comprehension, knowledge, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation. Following an introductory session, the students engage in face-to-face interviews, focus group interviews, observational methods, analysis and how qualitative and quantitative methods are integrated in mixed methods. Furthermore, the course covers interviewer safety, research ethics, quality in qualitative research and a practice session focused on the use of interview hardware, including video and audio recorders. The student-led teaching characteristic of the course allows for an immersive and reflective teaching-learning environment. After implementation of the course and learning from faculty and student perspectives, we propose these additional foci: a student project to apply learned knowledge to a case study; integration in mixed-methods; and providing faculty a larger space to cover theory and field anecdotes. (© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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