{"title":"Methodological progress note: Longitudinal qualitative research and applications to hospital medicine","authors":"Andrew R. Orr MD, MSEd, Dorene F. Balmer PhD","doi":"10.1002/jhm.70000","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Longitudinal qualitative research (LQR) is an emerging methodology in healthcare and health professions education research that focuses on change in complex, dynamic transitions, and processes as that change unfolds. This approach allows for in-depth exploration of personal and professional transitions, developmental processes, and evolution in how individuals make sense of experiences and events. In this Methodological Progress Note, we define the key features of LQR, distinguish LQR from other qualitative methodologies, and present a case for longitudinal qualitative work to offer a lens of time that might illuminate gaps in the field of hospital medicine.</p>","PeriodicalId":15883,"journal":{"name":"Journal of hospital medicine","volume":"20 7","pages":"736-739"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3000,"publicationDate":"2025-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jhm.70000","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of hospital medicine","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://shmpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jhm.70000","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Longitudinal qualitative research (LQR) is an emerging methodology in healthcare and health professions education research that focuses on change in complex, dynamic transitions, and processes as that change unfolds. This approach allows for in-depth exploration of personal and professional transitions, developmental processes, and evolution in how individuals make sense of experiences and events. In this Methodological Progress Note, we define the key features of LQR, distinguish LQR from other qualitative methodologies, and present a case for longitudinal qualitative work to offer a lens of time that might illuminate gaps in the field of hospital medicine.
期刊介绍:
JHM is a peer-reviewed publication of the Society of Hospital Medicine and is published 12 times per year. JHM publishes manuscripts that address the care of hospitalized adults or children.
Broad areas of interest include (1) Treatments for common inpatient conditions; (2) Approaches to improving perioperative care; (3) Improving care for hospitalized patients with geriatric or pediatric vulnerabilities (such as mobility problems, or those with complex longitudinal care); (4) Evaluation of innovative healthcare delivery or educational models; (5) Approaches to improving the quality, safety, and value of healthcare across the acute- and postacute-continuum of care; and (6) Evaluation of policy and payment changes that affect hospital and postacute care.