Using Mixed Methods in Clinical Research

About

This course will cover the application of mixed methods in health and social care research.  At the end of the course, you will be able to demonstrate a critical understanding and application of mixed methods research in health and social care and understand how mixed methods can enable research in complex interventions in healthcare. 

Objectives

• Explain how paradigms are reconciled in mixed methods;
• Critically appraise types of mixed methods and their suitability for different studies;
• Identify complex interventions in healthcare;
• Explain the complex interventions framework for research purposes;
• Summarise key points of realist evaluation as a research method in complex interventions.

Tutor

Dr Sheila Rodgers