The following presentations were delivered on Friday, October 2, 2020, as part of the Canadian Journal of Pain Special Issue on Qualitative Research and Pain. In this webinar, co-guest editors Dr. Fiona Webster (Associate Professor, Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Western University) and Perri Tutelman (Clinical Psychology PhD Candidate, Dalhousie University) co-hosted an overview of the contributions that qualitative methods can offer to pain research. Selected authors presented a sampling of studies published in the Special Issue that demonstrate novel theoretical and methodological advancements in the field.
See Special Issue introduction: Perri R. Tutelman & Fiona Webster (2020). Qualitative Research and Pain: Current Controversies and Future Directions, Canadian Journal of Pain. DOI: 10.1080/24740527.2020.1809201)
Webinar Presentations
| October 2, 2020 | |
| Dr. Fiona Webster (Associate Professor, Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Western University) | ▶️ Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| Dr. Fiona Webster (Associate Professor, Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Western University) | ▶️ What is Qualitative Research? |
| Perri Tutelman (Clinical Psychology PhD Candidate, Dalhousie University) | ▶️ Qualitative Research and Pain: Current Controversies |
| Dr. Craig Dale (Assistant Professor at the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto) | ▶️ Helping People Talk About Pain: Elicitation Interviews with Critically Ill Adults |
| Dr. Sheila O’Keefe-McCarthy (Associate Professor in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Brock University) | ▶️ Recognizing Pain as an Early Warning Symptom of Ischemic Cardiovascular Disease: A Qualitative Artistic Representation of the Journey. |
| Dr. Francine Toye (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) and Joletta Belton (Writer at MyCuppaJo.com and co-founder of the Endless Possibilities Initiative) | ▶️ ‘It’s like she’s talking about me’ – exploring the value of a qualitative research film about living with chronic pain |
| All panelists | ▶️ Q & A Session |
Much of what we know about the meaning and experience of pain has been facilitated through qualitative research. However, qualitative inquiry continues to be underrepresented in the pain literature relative to quantitative approaches. In this webinar co-guest editors Dr. Fiona Webster and Perri Tutelman present the Canadian Journal of Pain Special Issue on Qualitative Research and Pain. We will provide an overview of the contributions that qualitative methods can offer to pain research and will address three common controversies regarding qualitative research quality (e.g., sample size, generalizability, and saturation). Next, selected authors will present a sampling of studies published in the Special Issue that demonstrate novel theoretical and methodological advancements in the field. The presentations will describe a range of qualitative designs (e.g., phenomenology, qualitative description, arts-based approaches), methods of data collection (e.g., interviews, object elicitation, social media), and pain populations (e.g., immigrant women with chronic pain, critically ill patients, and individuals with heart disease).
If you are interested in further follow up from the webinar, please contact Dr. Fiona Webster (Associate Professor, Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing) at fiona.webster@uwo.ca and Perri Tutelman (Clinical Psychology PhD Candidate, Dalhousie University) at PTutelman@dal.ca
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