Delivering the annual immunisation update to primary care staff via live online learning
How a training provider switched from a face-to-face to an online training delivery format
22 Sep 2021
Camille Cronin
Nursing students’ experiences of dementia care in the acute hospital setting
Students need to be socialised in dementia care earlier during undergraduate nurse education
05 May 2021
Using the Relating to Older People Evaluation tool to measure ageism in higher education
The aim of this study was to explore the use of ROPE to examine ageist attitudes
15 May 2019
Making a difference through research
JILL MABEN OBE is professor of nursing research at King’s College London (KCL). Until recently she was director of the National Nursing Research Unit (NNRU) at the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery at KCL. In June the unit moved to the Healthcare Organisation Workforce and Quality research group. Professor Maben, who is primarily a qualitative researcher, is recognised for conducting case studies and in-depth, observational research. She examines workforce, the work environment and the impact on patient care. She recently completed a national research study on single rooms in hospitals. She was named as one of Health Service Journal’s ‘Top 100 leaders’ in 2013 and was on HSJ’s first list of ‘Most inspirational women in healthcare’.
14 Sep 2015
Using case study research as a rigorous form of inquiry
Aim To describe how case study research (CSR) was used inductively as an all-encompassing theoretical framework to examine learning in the workplace. Background Case study research is a method with strong philosophical underpinnings which provides a framework for exploratory research in real-life settings (Yin 2009). Data sources A study of five students’ experiences of learning in healthcare environments to explore real-life contexts over the course of two years. The study was rich with empirical data, offering a pragmatic framework for learning in the workplace. Review methods Observations, interviews and documents were used. Discussion As a result of using CSR, the findings were analysed systematically and rigorously. Using multiple methods verified data and strengthened the significance of the findings. Conclusions This paper focuses on the strengths of using the CSR methodology. CSR embraces qualitative research methods in a rigorous and systematic manner. CSR has been applied to one example of research, addressing each step of the research protocol to use CSR to its full potential. Implications for practice/research CSR enables real-life settings to be studied systematically and rigorously, offering examples of practice in nursing and education.
30 May 2014