Building Rigour into the Literature Review Process: Literature Review Methodology, Searches and Qualitative Data

Since the rise of Cochrane and the systematic review process, there has been a call for a greater degree of rigour in qualitative literature reviews. Qualitative Literature reviews require:

– A methodology

– A clearly defined and transparent search strategy

– Evidence of rigorous inclusion/exclusion criteria

This session will:

– Give an example of ‘hermeneutics’ applied to research processes

– Explore the underpinning principles that shape and determine the research strategy

– Building inclusion and exclusion criteria based on a hermeneutic perspective

– Explore the practicalities of the search strategy. Keywords versus relevance, barriers to qualitative research, backward chaining and citation searches, creating a pearl growing strategy

It is suitable for postgraduate students/researchers and anyone with an interest in research.