Sunday, June 15, 2008

Ethics letter back; Rigour work

Well i got a letter back from the ethics committee - just a few we ammendments to make in regards to
- participants not feeling coerced into participating
- defining the term "working alongside"
- liasing with the treaty compliance group
- management of issues regarding inadequate/unsafe practice

All of which i think are "good points" that i need to incorporate into my research. I had a sigh of relief when only those "issues" came back as i was worried id have to do alot more.. i dont know why i was worried - i guess i just unconciously was preparing myself for the "worst case scenario"..
So over the weekend i made appropriate ammendments and drafted a letter to reply to to the committee. Will go over that this afternoon with my superviser and set it sent away ASAP.
So overall a relatively good outcome id say - glad i did all the work i did before submitting my application!

Oh my gosh! found an amazing text in the library that has made doing the work on rigour so much easier!!! and its a 2008 edition ~ amazing i know! I think i managed to take the whole library home in my bag!
So i have been adding a bit of depth and describing how rigour applies to "research in occupational therapy" and the grounded theory methodology.
So everythings running along smoothly - and timeframes at the moment are right on schedule.

I thnk im going to have to do some indepth reading around coding proceedures during analysis - because i must admit its not all that clear in my head. so il do a bit of reading on that i think

Also im going to finish my annotated bibliography to make things a bit easier when i go over the literature
Followed by another indpeth literature review.

Well plenty to get on with - but im motivated to do it!

Jess

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