Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA): A qualitative methodology of choice in healthcare research

Biggerstaff, Deborah and Thompson, Andrew R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6788-7222 2008. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA): A qualitative methodology of choice in healthcare research. Qualitative Research in Psychology 5 (3) , pp. 214-224. 10.1080/14780880802314304

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Abstract

This paper focuses on the teaching of the qualitative method, Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), to healthcare professionals (HCPs). It introduces briefly the philosophical background of IPA and how it has been used within healthcare research, and then discusses the teaching of IPA to HCPs within received educational theory. Lastly, the paper describes how IPA has been taught to students/trainees in some specific healthcare professions (clinical psychology, medicine, nursing and related disciplines). In doing this, the paper demonstrates the essential simplicity, paradoxical complexity, and methodological rigour that IPA can offer as a research tool in understanding healthcare and illness from the patient or service user perspective.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
ISSN:	1478-0887
Last Modified:	09 Nov 2022 10:47
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/140672

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