Training for Medical Doctors: Conducting Focus Groups

Training for Medical Doctors: Conducting Focus Groups

Client: Max-Planck-Institut für Psychiatrie (2015) | Area: Consulting and Instruction of Social Scientific Research Methods

SINE-Mandate |

Training for conducting focus groups and guided interviews for doctors of the Max-Planck Institute for psychiatry

The training focused on following topics:

  • Central aspects of qualitative methods
  • Central aspects for the implementation of focus groups
    • Definition / characteristics
    • The scope of focus groups
    • Structure and procedure of focus groups
    • Chair´s guideline
    • Techniques of moderation and questioning
    • Role and function of the chairman / chairwoman
    • Checklist (for the implementation of a focus group)
  • Central aspects for the implementation of (qualitative) interviews
    • Definition / characteristics
    • Structure and content of a guideline
    • The implementation of interviews
    • Role and function of the interviewer

 

Responsible | Dr. Marion Müller