Unplanned admissions and the organisational management of heart failure
Summarise and critique “Unplanned admissions and the organisational management of heart failure: a multicentre ethnographic, qualitative study”, by
Simmonds et al. (2015). How would you redesign or extend this study? Simmonds et al. (2015) can be f
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Title: Summarise and critique “Unplanned admissions and the organisational management of heart failure: a multicentre ethnographic, qualitative study”, by Simmonds et
al. (2015). How would you redesign or extend this study?
Simmonds et al. (2015) can be found here:
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/10/e007522.full.pdf+html?sid=44cf7902-6f7f-41ea-9aec-10d7515f7b2e (it is also available on KEATS in this module’s “Assignment”
section.)
Your answer should cover the following points:
PART 1: Summarise and critique the research design (approximately 1,500 words).
? Identify the rationale for methods chosen? Is this rationale sound?
? Discuss the suitability of a qualitative approach and specific methods used. Could they have done anything differently?
? Using quality criteria, assess this research design.
? Discuss how research ethics and ethical issues are addressed. Is this satisfactory?
? What are the key findings, strengths and limitations?
PART 2: Bearing in mind the findings and limitation you identify in Part 1, redesign or extend the study (approximately 1,500 words).
? Identify a well formulated coherent research question.
? Explain why a qualitative approach is appropriate to answer this question.
? Describe and justify the specific methods(s) you would use, including data collection methods, sampling strategy, data analysis and ethical considerations.
? Discuss the potential strengths and limitations of your design.
? Identify what you would expect your study to add to the findings from the existing paper and other similar studies.
? Make reference to relevant literature and notions of theory to support the proposed research design.