Program
Qualitative Methods in Health Care Research
November 13, 2022 from 1:00pm EDT to 1:50pm EDT
Description:
Involvement in research deepens our clinical understanding and expertise and contributes to advances in knowledge in the areas we are passionate about. Qualitative research provides an excellent way to investigate questions of why and how, to explore and to describe a situation or process. Qualitative methods allow us to examine meanings, beliefs, and experiences, including those of health care workers, patients and caregivers. Qualitative methods are also useful to describe a process, to examine the inner workings of an organization or the health care system, or to understand aspects of health care education. Major schools of thought within qualitative methods include grounded theory, ethnography and phenomenology.
This presentation will describe key approaches to qualitative research. It will provide an overview of the main elements of a qualitative project. Participants will have an opportunity to consider research topics that interest them, and to start formulating a research question that can be explored using qualitative methods.
Learning objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to:
- Identify common approaches to qualitative research in health care
- Understand the main elements of a qualitative proposal and project
- Begin to develop a research question in their area of practice that can be explored with qualitative methods
Speakers / Panelists
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Compassion Under Pressure: Factors that Promote and Hinder Compassion in Health Care
November 12, 2022 from 9:10am EDT to 10:00am EDT -
Qualitative Methods in Health Care Research
November 13, 2022 from 1:00pm EDT to 1:50pm EDT
Leslie St. Jacques
BHSc (PA), CC-PA; MSW, RSW, MES
Leslie St. Jacques
Leslie St. Jacques, BHSc PA (McMaster, 2010); MES; MSW, RSW
PhD student, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Health Professions Education Research, University of Toronto
With twelve years of combined experience as a PA in peri-operative neurosurgery and cardiovascular surgery ICU, Leslie St. Jacques has been immersed in intense clinical environments, that have become increasingly pressurized by the pandemic.
Leslie’s career has been characterized by intensity from the start. As brand-new PA grads from the first class of McMaster's PA program Leslie and her classmates worked through uncertainty and adversity to break down barriers and help establish the new clinical role in Ontario. Leslie later worked as the first PA Co-Lead and PA Education Lead at the University Health Network; became President of the Board of Directors of CAPA and is currently the Past President. She is very interested in how compassion - and the interpersonal environments we are steeped in, set the tone for our experiences as PAs, PA students, patients and family members.
In addition to her PA life, Leslie is also a psychotherapist with a Master’s in Social Work. As a Research Assistant on faculty projects and in her thesis research, Leslie gained experience with qualitative research methods. She completed a Graduate Diploma in Clinical Epidemiology at McMaster University and has just begun a PhD in Health Professions Education Research at the University of Toronto.
Leslie loves the great outdoors and hiking trails, comedy and beautiful food, (and when these things are combined all the better!) and is excited to visit la belle province.