Qualitative Methods in Health Systems Research

Overview

This Qualitative Methods in Health Systems Research course at the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) is tropEd accredited and can be followed as a stand-alone course or as part of the Master in International Health or the Master of Public Health programmes.

In health systems policy makers, managers and service providers need to be able to select appropriate research methods to better understand and address the problems they face. This course discusses which methods to use to answer different health system research questions. The course specifically focuses on qualitative research methods.

Objectives

At the end of the module/session the participants should be able to:

• explain the concepts, paradigms and application of and qualitative research methodologies in health systems research
• clearly formulate research questions based on problem analysis
• critically appraise each other’s work (i.e. research proposals and results) on its technical and practical merits
• select and explain an appropriate mix of qualitative research tools to investigate public health issues
• formulate a feasible, consistent and logical small scale qualitative research proposal
• propose an outline of a research report and suggest strategies to disseminate research results to different target groups

Accreditation

This course is tropEd accredited and can be followed as a stand-alone course or as part of the Master in International Health or the Master of Public Health programmes.