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dc.contributor.authorGjessing, Sofie
dc.contributor.authorKristensen, Jette Kolding
dc.contributor.authorRisør, Torsten
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-04T10:41:41Z
dc.date.available2024-01-04T10:41:41Z
dc.date.issued2023-11-09
dc.description.abstractPeople can express experiences, opinions, and perspectives in stories. In a story, the experiences can be relived and discovered independently of time and place. In medical education, it is a fundamental premise that time progresses, and it is within this temporal space that students learn, acquire competencies, and form identity. It is also within this space that much qualitative research is conducted. However, qualitative examinations at one point in time will result in only a snapshot of a dynamic phenomenon that evolves over time. Existing approaches to qualitative research are often inadequate to accommodate this dynamic development without applying a time- and cost-consuming design such as longitudinal investigations. The purpose of this paper is to present storytelling as a useful research approach to include temporal dimensions in cross-sectional qualitative data collection. We describe the background for the approach, argue for its use, and provide a practical example of storytelling with the use of a fictional character in online focus group discussions to explore a dynamic phenomenon in medical education research. Overall, storytelling offers a narrative approach to qualitative research that allows the researcher to explore phenomena across time and space. The approach has the advantage that it can be used in different formats both oral and written, digital or physical.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGjessing, Kristensen, Risør. Storytelling in Focus Group Discussions: A Narrative Approach to Phenomena With Temporal Dimensions in Medical Education Research. International Journal of Qualitative Methods (IJQM). 2023;22en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2205664
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/16094069231215230
dc.identifier.issn1609-4069
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/32307
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSageen_US
dc.relation.journalInternational Journal of Qualitative Methods (IJQM)
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dc.rights.holderCopyright 2023 The Author(s)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)en_US
dc.titleStorytelling in Focus Group Discussions: A Narrative Approach to Phenomena With Temporal Dimensions in Medical Education Researchen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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