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Strengths and areas for Improvement-scroll down for 2nd-audio

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Strengths and areas for Improvement-scroll down for 2nd-audio

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1. Strengths

engaged participants

employed empathetic listening and generative dialogue

knowledge on research topic

good follow up questions

ability summarize participants responses

2. Areas for improvement

losing track of my role as an interviewer-the first interview I felt it was a conversation. This sentiment was felt immediately upon completing the interview.

do not ask many questions together-too wordy

silence is ok

obtain more face to face interviews

ensure participant has the protected time to conduct the interview (i.e do not schedule from participants office)

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Please click below for audio reflection.

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The focus group comprised of three mid-level practitioners.

session was conducted via zoom

all participants decided to call, in without video

non-verbal communication was more challenging to interpret

depended on hearing using tone, inflection, pause, breathing

participants had alot in common

participants were  cordial and responsive

participants were patient and understanding

participants were expressive

participants went off topic at times

required to put them back on track

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Due to time constraints   additional one on one interviews were also conducted on zoom.

technical issues persist

participant was understanding

it extended the interviews

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This interview was conducted in the quiet of a participant's home. As a former doctoral candidate this participant prepared a quiet space in her living room on 12/1/2017 around 7:30pm.  Even though she was at home, I was mindful this was her only day off. As a result, I came prepared to ensure I did not waste anytime.  Tape recorder, questions, Observation list and note book were all in hand.
As my first and only face to face interview, I wanted to incorporate all of the techniques including: eye contact, engaging the individual, expressing empathy where applicable, allowing a few seconds to think through the process as well as monitoring for any non-verbal cues.

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Reviewed contact list and sent out communication via: emails, texts, WHATsApp in attempts to secure consents for participation.
A-Participants included  colleagues and former supervisors.

1.  Participants

required an invite letter first

others agreed prior to receiving the letter. Subsequently, invite was sent as a formality.

B-Challenges in confirming:

1. date, time and location

2. logistical challenges: zoom's unstable connection, quiet background from interviewee

3. Unable to see non-verbal communication; listening skills were put to the test

Interviewer was under the weather. Know not to schedule interviews if sick.

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a-Understanding the focus was on qualitative research, questions reflected such. Changed from what to mostly "how" for a case study.
b-semi-structured questions prepared me to prod, expound, and anticipate follow up questions when required. Also it allowed the interview process to occur more organically.

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Obtained feedback and scheduled a zoom as a follow up

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Submitted draft to Professor for "Turning the Story"

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a-interviewing family members if I did not secure any interviews
b-disadvantage-family members were either like my fiance-a physician or not healthcare.
i.-I had a strong preference to exclude physicians due to the plethora of research on clinical well-being and physician burnout

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a-colleagues who left the organization to pursue other opportunities were were amenable to being interviewed
b-friends of relatives in senior positions in healthcare agreed to participate

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a-friends and colleagues employed at my hospital were simply afraid to speak out
b-the only guarantee info did not leak was silence

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Personal Reflection as a qualitative researcher

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Personal Reflection as a qualitative researcher

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A lot to process

Understand the phenomenon is enlightening

Intensive, time consuming

Data are mediated via human instrument (Denzin & Lincoln, 2003)

Reflective process to heighten the observatory process

Exploring in the natural setting give rise to organic findings

Understanding own biases

Hone ability to extract pertinent data followed by analysis

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Describe your experiences conducting the focus group:

Participants had fun, were engaged and had similar on the job experiences

I was comfortable facilitating, prodding and following up where necessary.

Challenge was ensuring participants stayed on point with the subject matter. (drifted off a couple of times to closely related subject matters)

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Describe your experiences conducting the interviews:

interviews were with former supervisors  (little intimidating)

More focused on my first 3 questions

Noticed I did not have the opportunity to answer my questions because of interviewee response

improvement noted with the last interview

follow up questions

summarizing response of participant

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Describes the settings used for interviews and the focus groups.

Due to the holiday season as well as everyone's hectic schedule, I had the opportunity to conduct only one face to face interview.  The focus group and most of the interviews were conducted via zoom. Also the first interview was conducted by phone in participants office.

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Summarize the actions you took to identify participants, invite them to participate, and then schedule volunteers.
3 OPTIONS:
1-interview my colleagues at my hospital site
2-obtain random participants in healthcare
3-identify family members who are mostly teachers and professors

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Describes your process for developing the qualitative interview questions.