THE INTEGRATION OF RESEARCH INTO PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
A PERSONAL REFLECTION
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.v13i1.38Keywords:
chaplaincy, phenomenology, reflexivity, researchAbstract
The current healthcare climate expects chaplains not only to be able to evaluate and in-corporate research findings into practice, but also to contribute to audit and research. For many chaplains this is new territory and demands an investment of time and energy before they gain confidence in research methodology to allow them to contribute effectively to the research agenda. This article reflects the experiences of the author while pursuing a MSc at Glasgow University. This personal eye view, offers a few hints and tips to chaplains who wish to start out in research yet do not wish to suffer the potential pitfalls of the research process. There is also a summary of some of the benefits which have arisen for the author since completion of the dissertation.
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CROTTY M (1996) Phenomenology and nursing research South Melbourne Australia Churchill Livingstone
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DEAN RA & McCLEMENT SE (2002) Palliative care research: methodological and ethical challenges in International Journal of Palliative Nursing 8 (8) p376-380
DENZIN NK & LINCOLN YS (2005) The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research (3rd Edition) London Sage
FIELD D CLARK D CORNER J & DAVIS C (Eds) (2001) Researching Palliative Care Buckingham Open University Press
FLANAGAN JC (1954) The Critical Incident Technique Psychological Bulletin 51 (4) 330-358
HOLLOWAY I (Ed) (2005) Qualitative Research in Health Care. Berks. Open University Press
HMSO (1998) Human Rights Act 1998 http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1998
HUSSERL E (1962) Ideas: General introduction to pure phenomenology Collier New York
KLEINMAN S (2004) Phenomenology: to wonder and search for meanings Nurse Researcher 11 (4) 719
KOLB D (1984) Experiential Learning: Experience as the source of learning and development New Jersey Prentice Hall Inc
LINCOLN & GUBA (1985) Naturalistic Inquiry California Sage Publications
McGRATH P (2002) New Horizons in Spirituality Research in RUMBOLD B (Ed) Spirituality and Palliative Care: Social and pastoral perspectives Oxford Oxford University Press
MILES MB & HUBERMAN AM (1994) Qualitative Data Analysis (2nd Ed) Thousand Oaks Sage Publications
MORAN D (2000) Introduction to Phenomenology London Routledge
PARAHOO K (2006) Nursing Research: principles, process and issues Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan
PETERMAN AH FITCHETT G BRADY MJ HERNANDEZ L CELLA D (2002) Measuring spiritual well-being in people with cancer: The functional assessment of chronic illness therapy – Spiritual well-being scale (FACIT-Sp) The Annals of Behavioural Medicine 24: 1 p49-58
POLIT DF & BECK CT (2004) Nursing Research. Principles and Methods (7th Edition) Philadelphia Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
PRIEST H, ROBERTS P a&WOODS L (2002) An overview of three different approaches to the interpretation of qualitative data. Part 1: Theoretical issues. Nurse Researcher 10 (1) 30-42
RANDALL F & DOWNIE RS (2006) The Philosophy of Palliative Care: critique and reconstruction Oxford University Press Oxford
RAPPORT F (2005) Hermeneutic phenomenology: the science of interpretation of texts in HOLLOWAY I (Ed) Qualitative Research in Health Care. Berks. Open University Press
ROBSON C (2002) Real World Research (2nd Edition) Oxford Blackwell Publishing
SCHON D ( 1983) The Reflective Practitioner: How professionals think in action New York Basic Books
SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE HEALTH DEPARTMENT (2006) Research Governance Framework for Health and Community Care (2nd Edition) Chief Scientist Office
SILVERMAN D (2001) Interpreting Qualitative Data: Methods for Analysing Talk, Text and Interaction (2nd Edition) London Sage Publications
SILVERMAN D (2005) Doing Qualitative Research (2nd edition) London Sage Publications
STIRLING IR (2007) An exploration of how the hospice multidisciplinary team perceives the provision of spiritual care Unpublished MSc dissertation Glasgow University
STIRLING IR (2010) The influence of research in the development of a bereavement support service Scottish Journal of Healthcare Chaplaincy
SWINTON J & MOWAT H (2006) Practical Theology and Qualitative Research SCM London
TAYLOR MC (2005) Interviewing in Holloway I (Ed) Qualitative Research in Health Care. Berks. Open University Press
WALL C, GLENN S, MITCHISON S and POOLE H (2004) Using a reflective diary to develop bracketing skills during a phenomenological investigation Nurse Researcher 11 (4) 20-29
WALSHE CE CARESS AL CHEW-GRAHAM C and TODD CJ (2004) Case studies: A research strategy appropriate for palliative care? Palliative Medicine 18: p677-684
WOODS L, PRIEST H & ROBERTS P (2002) An overview of three different approaches to the interpretation of qualitative data. Part 2: practical illustrations. Nurse Researcher 10 (1) 43-51.
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2013-04-05
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Stirling, I. (2013). THE INTEGRATION OF RESEARCH INTO PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: A PERSONAL REFLECTION. Health and Social Care Chaplaincy, 13(1), 38-41. https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.v13i1.38
