Webinar: Prof. Kate Flemming - Mapping the interpretive journey: An introduction to Meta-Ethnography

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This is an introductory webinar to the Qualitative Evidence Synthesis (QES) methodology of Meta-ethnography. Meta-ethnography is an interpretive approach to QES and, unlike a standard systematic review that might aggregate data, meta-ethnography seeks to “translate” findings across studies to produce a new, higher-order understanding of a phenomenon. The webinar will begin by briefly exploring the role, purpose and development of QES, before moving onto examining what meta-ethnography is, the kind of questions it can answer and the processes associated with it. Drawing on work from a key public health issue -smoking in pregnancy – the webinar will demonstrate how meta-ethnography was able to unpick real-world complexity, providing richer, more actionable insights for health care decision-makers.

Speaker:

Prof. Kate Flemming is an experienced academic in nursing and palliative care and is Head of Department for the Department of Health Sciences at the University of York. Kate’s research focuses on evaluating patient and carer experience of palliative care. A key area is around equity of access to palliative care services, in particular people who are homeless or vulnerably housed. This work is closely integrated with her methodological expertise in qualitative evidence synthesis; she is a co-convenor of the Cochrane Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group.