Use of IPA in Healthcare Research and Qualitative Data Analysis: An
Interdisciplinary Approach
Abstract
Please see attached a short article on the use and deployment of the
“Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis” (IPA) for making sense of,
and analyzing qualitative data. It’s a turnkey approach developed in the
UK by Jonathan Smith et al. at the University of Birkbeck. The redeeming
feature of this approach is its ease of use, especially for the novice
researcher and the more advanced candidates who are looking to make
sense of novel phenomena.