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International Observatory on End of Life Care


Observatory Summer School

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Iris Cohen Fineberg
(Course Director)
Lynne Hargreaves
(Programme Co-ordinator)

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Bursary Opportunities for Summer School 2009!
Help the Hospices are now considering applications for bursaries. More information can be found here.
(Deadline 29 August 2008)

2008 School Dates:
16-27 June

Course Details

The Summer School provides:

A guide to important research methods such as: social surveys, interviewing, focus groups, documentary analysis, narrative correspondence, evidence synthesis and systematic review, oral history, geographic information systems, participant observation

Programmes over the two weeks are broken down thus:

Week One Week Two

The week consists of a full programme of lectures and workshops, focusing on five main topics:

  • Getting Started In End of Life Research
  • Conceptualising and Designing Your Study
  • Face To Face Methods
  • Reviews, Surveys and Measures
  • Analysis, Reporting, Dissemination
Students have the opportunity for group discussions and individual tutorials with members of the teaching faculty focused on the development of their own research ideas and projects. The second week also provides opportunities to work within the Observatory’s resource centre, to undertake clinical and study visits and to pursue a programme of supervised private study.

 

 

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