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Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA): A Qualitative Methodology of Choice in Healthcare Research
Abstract
This paper focuses on the teaching of the qualitative method, Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), to healthcare professionals (HCPs). It introduces briefly the philosophical background of IPA and how it has been used within healthcare research, and then discusses the teaching of IPA to HCPs within received educational theory. Lastly, the paper describes how IPA has been taught to students/trainees in some specific healthcare professions (clinical psychology, medicine, nursing and related disciplines). In doing this, the paper demonstrates the essential simplicity, paradoxical complexity, and methodological rigour that IPA can offer as a research tool in understanding healthcare and illness from the patient or service user perspective.
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- Authors
- Biggerstaff, D., & Thompson, A. R.
- Venue
- Qualitative Research in Psychology
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2008-09-20
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 214-224
- ISSN
- 1478-0887 (ISSN-L)
- 1478-0895
- OpenAlex
- W2115780895
- Cited by
- 722
- References
- 46
- FWCI
- 25.76
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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