Methods Matter - Focus Groups

The Methods Matter Podcast – from Dementia Researcher & the National Centre for Research Methods. A podcast for people who don’t know much about methods…those who do, and those who just want to find news and clever ways to use them in their research. In this second series Clinical Research Fellow, Dr Donncha Mullin from The University of Edinburgh brings together leading experts in research methodology, and the dementia researchers that use them, to provide a fun introduction to five qualitive research methods in a safe space where there are no such things as dumb questions! Episode Four – Focus Groups In expert corner – Dr Kahryn Hughes, from University of Leeds. Director of the Timescapes Archive, Editor in Chief of Sociological Research Online, Convenor of the MA Qualitative Research Methods and a Senior Fellow for the NCRM. In researcher ranch – Nadine Mirza is a Postgraduate Researcher and Research Assistant in the Centre for Primary Care and Health Services Research at the University of Manchester and also work with the Department of Clinical Neuropsychology at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust. Nadine’s research explores cognitive testing in ethnic minorities and the experience of dementia diagnosis and access to dementia services in British South Asians. Further reading referenced in the show: Jenny Kitzinger, The Methodology of Focus Groups – https://bit.ly/3ey6YMR Rosaline Barbour, Doing Focus Groups – https://bit.ly/3TNxzWe Rosaline Barbour, YouTube – https://youtu.be/5xPYGXJ_hM4 Focus Group Methodology: Principles and Practice – https://bit.ly/3x31OPk NCRM Focus Group Resources – https://bit.ly/3TP38Pr The National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) provides a service to learners, trainers and partner organisations in the research methods community – methodological training and resources on core and advanced quantitative, qualitive, digital, creative, visual, mixed and multimodal methods. https://www.ncrm.ac.uk -- A transcript of this show, links and show notes and profile on all our guests are available on our website at https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk. If you prefer to watch rather than listen, you will find a video version of this podcast on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and on our website. Leave us a tip: https://dementia-researcher.captivate.fm/support Follow us on social media: https://www.instagram.com/dementia_researcher/ https://www.facebook.com/Dementia.Researcher/ https://www.twitter.com/demrescommunity https://www.linkedin.com/company/dementia-researcher https://bsky.app/profile/dementiaresearcher.bsky.social Download and Register with our Community App: https://www.onelink.to/dementiaresearcher We gratefully acknowledge the support of our funders: Alzheimer’s Association, Race Against Dementia, Alzheimer’s Research UK, Alzheimer’s Society, and the National Institute for Health and Care Research. The views and opinions expressed by guests in this podcast are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the producers, funders, or sponsors. Subscribe to our sister show 'Dementia Researcher The Blogs': https://podfollow.com/dementia-researcher-blogs