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Swedish title Introduktion till fenomenologisk forskningsmetod i vårdvetenskap
English title Introduction to the phenomenological research approach in health care science
Course number 2412
Credits 4.5
Responsible KI department Institutionen för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle
Specific entry requirements
Grading Passed /Not passed
Established by The Board of Doctoral Education
Established 2011-09-05
Purpose of the course
Intended learning outcomes After the course the students should be able to:
-Have a fundamental understanding for the potential of phenomenology in health care science research i.e. that they can identify phenomena in health care science, which should be studied by a phenomenological method and formulate adequate phenomenological research questions.

-Have a basic knowledge of how the phenomenological philosophy is the foundation of empirical phenomenological research, i.e. that they show knowledge of and can in practice relate to central aspects in phenomenology such as e.g. lived experience, intentionality, life world, lived body.

-Have basic knowledge of design and data collection in phenomenological studies and how phenomenological analysis of empirical data can be executed, i.e. that they show skillfulness in study design and analysis of their own (or given) data.
Contents of the course Phenomenological philosophy (based mainly on Husserl and Merleau-Ponty) as the foundation for empirical research.
Definition and application of central concepts and aspects in phenomenological research.
Application of the phenomenological approach in empirical research; design, data and analysis.
Teaching and learning activities Lectures
Group discussions and working in pairs
Individual assignments and exercises in analysis
Seminars
Compulsory elements Taking part in all seminars is compulsory. Absence from seminars is to be compensated by a written assignment.
Examination Examination occurs at
a/ seminar 2 (oral presentation in pairs, where the examination is based upon the student's ability to account for and reflect on the studied material) and
b/ in the individual written assignment including c/ the oral opponent- and respondent-ship at seminar 3.
Literature and other teaching material Books:
Karlsson, G. (1993). Psychological qualitative research from a phenomenological perspecticive . Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell International.
Dahlberg, K., Dahlberg, H. & Nyström, M. 2008. Reflective Lifeworld Research (2nd edition). Lund: Studentlitteratur (enstaka kapitel)
Bengtsson, J. (red.) (2005): Med livsvärlden som grund. 2:a omarb. uppl. Lund: Studentlitteratur.

Articles:
Nygård, L. (1999). Occupational therapy as applied phenomenology. About the idea of studying lived experiences. Ergoterapeuten, 42 (10), 28-30.
Karlsson, G.& Tham, K. (2006). Correlating facts or interpreting meaning: Two different epistemological projects within medical research. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 13, 68-75.
Karlsson, G. (1995). Att korrelera fakta eller tolka mening: Två olika kunskapsteoretiska projekt inom psykologisk forskning. Nordisk Psykologi, 47(4), 256-274. (in Swedish)
Giorgi, A. (1992). Description versus interpretation: Competing alternative strategies for qualitative research. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 23 (2), 119-135.

Empirical articles will be included.
Course responsible Louise Nygård
Institutionen för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle


Louise.Nygard@ki.se
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