An analysis of articles on qualitative studies conducted by doctors published in scientific journals in Brazil between 2004 and 2013

Abstract

We analyzed articles on studies carried out by doctors using qualitative methods. A literature search of articles published on the SciELO Brazil database between 2004 and 2013 was performed using the following keywords: qualitative research, interview, focus group, participant observation, content analysis, discourse analysis, social representation, and dialectical hermeneutics. The texts were analyzed using a theoretical framework based on the qualitative research review guidelines (RATS). Articles were grouped into the following categories: consistent, not very consistent, and inconsistent. A total of 135 articles were selected from 28 journals. The majority (64.4%) were considered consistent. The main weaknesses found were: lack of information on methodological path; superficial and descriptive analysis without reference to relevant literature; conclusions that did not advance beyond common sense; decontextualized results, and lack of study limitations. We concluded that the majority of the articles had scientific validity and suggest that journals covering the health field should provide specific norms for articles produced from qualitative studies.

A formação na modalidade residência em enfermagem obstétrica: uma análise hermenêutico-dialética

“…Hermeneutics is the basic discipline that deals with the art of understanding texts, seeks understanding and interpretation, while the dialectical method introduces the principle of conflict and contradiction as constitutive of reality essential for analytical understanding 10 . The synthesis of comprehensive and critical processes was performed, the communication of professional life and daily practice and common sense were worked, from which two categories emerged.…”

Possibilidades para a mudança do modelo obstétrico hegemônico pelas enfermeiras obstétricas

“…Estudo descritivo, exploratório e de abordagem qualitativa 6 , norteado pelo Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ) 7 . Participaram 13 enfermeiras obstétricas egressas de programas de residência obstétrica atuantes em maternidades públicas do município do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.…”

“…Procura compreender e interpretar de forma fidedigna a lógica interna dos participantes e oferece conhecimento de sua 'verdade'. As diferenças de interpretações frequentemente refletem uma compreensão multifacetada de fenômenos sociais complexos 6 .…”

“…A produção do material ocorreu pela análise hermenêutica-dialética que realiza a síntese dos processos compreensivos e críticos em pesquisas qualitativas e analisa a comunicação da vida cotidiana e do senso comum. A hermenêutica se ocupa da arte de compreender textos, busca a compreensão e a interpretação; enquanto o método dialético introduz o princípio do conflito e da contradição como constitutivos da realidade e essenciais para a compreensão analítica 6 . O fluxograma de análise metodológica constituiu-se pela organização dos dados estabelecendo a identificação do material empírico e a classificação dos dados, detectando as ideias centrais e realizando a leitura de cada corpus de comunicação 6 .…”

English as a Second Language (ESL) Learning: Setting the Right Environment for Second Language Acquisition

“…Language learning cannot take place only in the brains of individual learners alone but are instead related to social factors when learners interact in daily life with other people in their surroundings in order to acquire the language (Dil, Öğretildiği, & Sınıflarında, 2015;Yanti, Cole, & Hermon, 2017). The results of research done by Stella show that the context of metacognitive and social strategies seems to play an important role in the learners' strategy use in the process of acquiring new language (Taquette & Minayo, 2017). This basically means that learning a language does not involve only the understanding of the theory and concept of the language.…”