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Apologies for cross posting. The University of Bristol, School of Social and Community Medicine has a few places left on the Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods short course, which will take place from 10 - 14 February 2104 Course aims and objectives The course is intended to give an overview and introduction to the major qualitative research methods used in the social scientific study of health and illness and increasingly in public health, health services and other health-related research. Participants will gain practical experience in study design and the application of the major research methods. By the end of this short course, participants should be able to: appreciate the importance of qualitative research methods in the study of health, illness and health services research; decide when a research topic requires qualitative research methods and be able to select the most appropriate qualitative format to address the research question; begin to develop the skills required to conduct interviews, facilitate focus groups and undertake ethnographic research including observation; begin to analyse qualitative data; understand how to employ qualitative methods alongside other methods in health research. Please visit our website for further details http://www.bristol.ac.uk/social-community-medicine/shortcourse/ You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.