Observation and Visual Methods in Health Care Sciences Research

Third-cycle level | 4.5 credits (HEC) | Course code: H1F3029

Course description

Overall aim of the course is to support learning and knowledge about the methodological underpinnings of visual and observation methods that are utilized within healthcare sciences research. Learners will work with data and analyses related to participant observation, photography, and video as methods while exploring these techniques in different methodological paradigms. This course is designed to have short trigger lectures alternated with active experiential learning tasks, workshops, seminars, individual assignments/project work, and presentations.

Prerequisites and Selection

Prerequisite courses, or equivalent

No prerequisite courses, or equivalent, demanded for this course. 

Selection

Selection will be based on:  
1) candidate in research school in health science (FiH) at KI

2) candidate in the the Mälardalen area research school in healthcare science (MOF-V) or as doctoral student in the programme for doctoral education within healthcare sciences (PUF-V)

3) the relevance of the course syllabus for the applicant’s doctoral project (according to written motivation)

4) start date of doctoral studies (priority given to earlier start date).

Course director

Eric Asaba

Course syllabus

H1F3029

Department

Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society

Doctoral programme

Health Care Science (Puf-V)

Type of course

**Other course

Keywords

qualitative, visual methods, observation methods

CONTACTEric Asaba
08 524 83838
eric.asaba@ki.se