Member Checking in Qualitative Research – Quality Assurance or Problematic Practice?
A panel journal club with Prof. Britt-Marie Lindgren (Department of Nursing), Dr. Maria Strömbäck (Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation), and one additional panelist from the Department of Epidemiology (to be confirmed).
The seminar takes its starting point two contemporary articles discussing the role of member checking in qualitative research:
Ø Thomas, D. R. (2017). Feedback from research participants: are member checks useful in qualitative research? Qualitative Research in Psychology, 14(1), 23–41. https://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2016.1219435
Ø Motulsky, S. L. (2021). Is Member Checking the Gold Standard of Quality in Qualitative Research? Qualitative Psychology (Washington, D.C.), 8(3), 389–406. https://doi.org/10.1037/qup0000215
Everyone with an interest in qualitative methods is welcome. You are encouraged to read the articles beforehand, but it is not required to participate. The seminar will be in English.
