Qualitative Grant Writing Workshop – Registration is now closed.
The McMaster Education Research, Innovation and Theory (MERIT) program is offering a series of four 1.5-hour virtual workshops designed to support McMaster FHS faculty in developing a qualitative health professions education study. Through a combination of short presentations by qualitative research experts and peer and instructor feedback, you will learn about and develop qualitative research questions and design a study to answer an educational problem in your practice.
To participate, you must be interested in qualitative education (including continuing education) or related quality improvement research and may be interested in submitting a proposal to any grant competition (e.g. Royal College Grants such as MERG and CanMEDS [due in March], FHS education grant [due in April]). Facilitators will support you in determining the best approach to securing funding. Participants can have any level of familiarity with qualitative methods. We welcome novice researchers!
Please note that this is the Pre-registration for Qualitative Grant Writing. You will be notified before September 23, 2024, if you have been accepted into the workshop. Registration will be capped at ten individuals, with preference given to McMaster FHS faculty. Once capacity has been hit, all other interested parties will be placed on a waitlist.
Workshop Dates (every Thursday):
October 3, 2024, 12:00–1:30 p.m. EDT
October 10, 2024, 12:00–1:30 p.m. EDT
October 17, 2024, 12:00–1:30 p.m. EDT
October 24, 2024, 12:00–1:30 p.m. EDT
💻 Delivered Virtually (Zoom)
Program Content
The following is a listing of the program content participants will engage in over the duration of this workshop series:
- Workshop #1: Developing Qualitative Research Questions
- Workshop #2: Selecting and Justifying a Qualitative Methodology
- Workshop #3: Aligning Qualitative Methods/Techniques with Methodology
- Workshop #4: Develop a Qualitative Research Proposal
Learning Objectives
At the end of this virtual activity, participants will be able to:
- Identify a practice-relevant problem that can be addressed through qualitative research.
- Develop research questions for a qualitative study.
- Select and describe a qualitative methodology relevant to specific research questions.
- Select and describe qualitative methods, aligned with a specific research question and methodology.
- Develop a qualitative research proposal (problem, research questions, methodology and methods).
Workshop Specifics
Workshop 1
Workshop #1 Developing Qualitative Research Questions
Thursday, October 3, 2024, 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. EDT.
Presentation:
- What is the problem-gap-hook heuristic?
- What constitutes a qualitative research question?
Expert-Facilitated Small Group Discussion: Discuss research problems and brainstorm research questions.
Workshop 2
Workshop #2 Selecting and Justifying a Qualitative Methodology
Thursday, October 10, 2024, 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. EDT
Presentation:
- Aligning research questions, methodology, and methods.
- Common qualitative methodologies.
- Selecting a methodology. (Alignment with research question, expertise on the team, time commitment)
Expert-Facilitated Small Group Discussion: Decide on research questions and discuss possible methodologies.
Workshop 3
Workshop #3 Aligning Qualitative Methods/Techniques with Methodology
Thursday, October 17, 2024, 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. EDT
Presentation:
- “Fit” of methods with methodology and RQ.
- Common qual methods – affordances and limitations.
Expert-Facilitated Small Group Discussion: Decide on a methodology and discuss study methods.
Workshop 4
Workshop #4 Develop a Qualitative Research Proposal*
Thursday, October 24, 2024, 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. EDT
Individual Presentations: Each participant presents their proposal for feedback. (5–10 mins)
Expert-Facilitated Small Group Discussion: Workshop feedback
Wrap-up and final questions
Speaker/Facilitator
Dr. Renate Kahlke is a researcher, qualitative methodologist, theorist, and educator. After working in curriculum design and faculty development for interprofessional education and simulation at the University of Alberta, she earned a PhD in Educational Policy Studies there in 2016. She then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Centre for Health Education Scholarship at the University of British Columbia in 2018. She led program evaluation and research as a Research Associate at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada until May 2021 and is now excited to join the Department of Medicine and MERIT as Assistant Professor and Scientist. She continues to hold an appointment as Adjunct Professor in the Department of Innovation in Medical Education at the University of Ottawa.
