Preparing a Qualitative Research-Based Dissertation: Lessons Learned

Lessons learned preparing for Medicare bundled payments.

n engl j med 367;20 nejm.org november 15, 2012 1873 for coordinating care across the continuum of services. These systems support a fragmented delivery system at substantial cost to taxpayers and Medicare beneficiaries. Policy analysts have long been interested in encouraging improved efficiency and care coordination by bundling Medicare payments for a range of services delivered during defined...

Occupational therapists and research: lessons learned from a qualitative research course.

Preparing for retirement: reflections on mistakes made and lessons learned.

When I started my career 35 years ago, I was asked what I considered a very strange question: “How much money do you want to contribute monthly to your retirement account?” I immediately thought, “Isn’t that a little premature—I haven’t even started my first job!” However, upon further reflection, I realized the value in preparing for something that, like death and taxes, is inevitable for phys...

Lessons learned from community-based participatory research in Indian country.

The purpose of this article is to share lessons learned from implementing community-based participatory research (CBPR) in Indian Country that may be generalizable to other medically underserved communities. CBPR is currently included in multiple grant announcements by the National Institute of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but information about this methodology vs trad...

Researching Distance Learning Experiences Using Qualitative Case Study as a Research Method: Lessons Learned

Qualitative case study is hardly a research technique in its proper sense, but it is typical of most qualitative research to employ its usage in the research design. Hence, it merits some discussion. This paper considers some methodological issues of collecting qualitative data from distance learners at the Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM). This paper begins with an overview of the study before ...