The Future of Qualitative Research in Healthcare: The Role and Management of Digital Methods

Digital methods in healthcare research have been steadily gaining ground but, until recently, were superseded by conventional face-to-face approaches wherever possible. However, the COVID-19 pandemic rendered in-person forms of data collection largely impossible, propelling digital approaches to the forefront. This book offers a digital lens in the participatory perspective of ethnography, a qualitative methodology. A series of chapters from internationally distinguished and rising authors present digital platforms and techniques and apply these to a wide range of healthcare studies. The authors highlight the different aspects of digital research approaches as well as reflecting on and proffering digital approaches to qualitative research for the future. Will these new digital health techniques be embraced, or will researchers be keen to revert to the traditional methods? With its unique approach, this is an invaluable resource for both prospective and experienced qualitative researchers in a broad array of medical and health disciplines.

數位方法在醫療研究中一直在穩步增長，但直到最近，只要可能，傳統的面對面方法仍然佔主導地位。然而，COVID-19大流行使得面對面的數據收集方式幾乎不可能進行，推動數位方法走到了前沿。本書以參與式民族誌的數位視角為基礎，介紹了一系列來自國際知名和新興作者的數位平台和技術，並將其應用於各種醫療研究中。作者們強調了數位研究方法的不同方面，並對未來的質性研究提出了數位方法的反思和建議。這些新的數位健康技術將被接受，還是研究人員會熱衷於恢復傳統方法？憑藉其獨特的方法，本書對於各種醫學和健康學科的潛在和有經驗的質性研究人員來說是一個寶貴的資源。