Synopsis:

Qualitative research has quietly and gradually moved from fringe to mainstream in health research. In this presentation, clinical and health services researchers from across Melbourne Children’s Campus will discuss the ways in which qualitative research can add value to health care research, and describe some of their own qualitative studies. Come along to gain an insight into the research that is happening around you, think about how qualitative research might work in your area of interest, and get up to speed on resources available to support and assist clinicians in performing rigorous qualitative research.

Speakers:

Professor Lynn Gillam, Academic Director of the Children’s Bioethics Centre at RCH, and Professor of Health Ethics in the School of Population and Global Health at the University of Melbourne. Lynn has extensive experience in teaching qualitative research, and many of her PhD students combine qualitative and quantitative methodologies.

A/Professor Ed Oakley, Chief of Critical Care, The Royal Children’s Hospital. Ed leads the Australian knowledge translation arm of the PREDICT (Paediatric Emergency Department Research) network.

Dr Melissa Martyn is the Evaluation Project Manager for the Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance. The Alliance brings together 10 leading healthcare and research organisations to ensure global knowledge of genomics benefits individual healthcare. Melissa has a unique mix of expertise developed across previous roles in biomedical research, medical education, health program evaluation and research into psychosocial aspects on genetics. She has a broad knowledge of all forms of evaluation research, including comparative effectiveness methodologies, health economic evaluation and implementation science. Melissa has a BA/BSc (Hons) and a PhD in medical biology.