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Public Health - Qualitative Journal Club

Past Meetings

November 27, 2006

Topic: Moral conflict in medical training
Presenter: MaryLeigh Moore

MaryLeigh Moore will be discussing her PhD, including the methodological approach she is planning to take. As an introduction to this, she has chosen 2 papers, the links to which are below. The second paper is a qualitative paper and the first paper outlines the issues she is interested in.

Integrity and moral residue: nurses as participants in a moral community.
Lorraine B. Hardingham, Nursing Philosophy 5(2): 127 - July 2004.
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1466-769X.2004.00160.x

Medical students' perceptions of their learning about the doctor-patient relationship: a qualitative study.
Maria Cezira Fantini Nogueira-Martins, Luiz Antonio Nogueira-Martins & Egberto Ribeiro Turato. Medical Education 40(4): 322 - April 2006.
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02411.x

October 16, 2006

Topic: Mixed Methods Research: A research paradigm whose time has come.
Presenter:
Lorraine Ritchie, Dept of Postgraduate Nursing, CSMHS

The paper Lorraine will be presenting is:
Burke Johnson R and Onwuegbuzie AJ. (2004) Mixed Methods Research: A research paradigm whose time has come, Educational Researcher, 33(7): 14-26.
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=738091191&Fmt=4&clientId=18927&RQT=309&VName=PQD

Topic: Impact of decriminalisation on the health & safety practices of sex workers.
Presenters:
Gillian Abel & Lisa Fitzgerald, Dept of Public Health and General Practice, CSMHS

Gillian & Lisa will talk about their research into the impact of decriminalisation on the health and safety practices of sex workers, with reference to the following paper:
Shaver FM (2005) Sex work research: methodological and ethical challenges, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 20(3): 296-319.
http://web2.uwindsor.ca/courses/sociology/maticka/star/pdfs/sex_work_research.pdf

September 18, 2006 [rescheduled from August]

Topic:Internet interventions for long-term conditions: patient and caregiver quality criteria
Presenter:
Lisa Whitehead, Postgraduate Nursing Dept, CSMHS

The paper discussed is:
Kerr C, Murray E, Stevenson F, Gore C and Nazareth I (2006) "Internet interventions for long-term conditions: Patient and caregiver quality criteria", Journal of Medical Internet Research, 8(3).
The paper is available on the following site (unfortunately not in pdf format):
http://www.jmir.org/2006/3/e13/

July 17, 2006

Topic: "Meta- jeopardy: The crisis in representation in qualitative meta synthesis." Sandelowski M. Nursing Outlook, 54(1) 10-16, 2006.
Presenter: Beverley Burrell, Dept Postgraduate Nursing, CSMHS

Topic: “Giving Science Away”: How University-Community Partnerships inform youth programs, research and policy. Social Policy Report: Society for Research in Child Development, 13(1), 1999.
http://www.srcd.org/documents/publications/SPR/spr13-1.pdf Presenter:Gillian Abel, Dept Public Health & General Practice

May 15, 2006

Topic: Culturally safe care
Presenter: Heather Gray, Dept of Postgraduate Nursing, CSMHS

Topic: Anthropology in health research
Presenter:Sally Keeling, Dept of Medicine, CSMHS

March 20, 2006

Topic: The Downside of Viagra: women’s experiences and concerns.
Presenter: Lisa Fitzgerald, Lecturer, Dept Public Health & General Practice, CSMHS

Topic:'Older People' talking as if they are not old people: Positioning Theory as an explanation
Presenter: Lorraine Ritchie, Department of Postgraduate Nursing, CSMHS

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