The Qualitative Institute

The Qualitative Institute will be offered again in 2025.

A Skills Development Program

Overview

The Qualitative Institute (TQI) is a 3-day program professional development program designed to enhance skills that are useful in qualitative and mixed methods research. TQI is useful to researchers, clinicians, and scholars working in public health, healthcare, social work, government, non-profit organizations, and policy who are new to or would like to hone and expand their qualitative research skills.

TQI is offered in-person on the campus of Thomas Jefferson University and consists of interactive learning with several workshop sessions that allow learners to practice new skills as they acquire them. It is taught by experts from Thomas Jefferson University, University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, Drexel University, and Vanderbilt University.

Learning Agenda

Philosophical Foundations of Qualitative Inquiry
Conventional & Alternative Data Collection Approaches
Ethnography & Observation
Visual Methods & Arts Informed Research
Developing Interview & Focus Group Guides
Social Media: A Data Gold Mine
Community Engaged & Participatory Research
Giving Back: Communicating Your Findings to the Community
Concept Mapping
Mixed Methods Research
Research Dissemination
Interview Skills & Focus Group Skills
Coding & Analysis Skills

Meet The Qualitative Institute Director

Dr. Rosemary (Rosie) Frasso is program director for the Master of Public Health Program and is Professor of Population Health at JCPH and Director of Mixed Methods Research, at the Asano-Gonnella Center for Research in Medical Education and Health Care. Her research focuses on the integration of qualitative and quantitative methods in projects designed to improve population health, healthcare quality, access to health services for vulnerable populations and evaluation of educational endeavors in medicine, social work, nursing, allied health, and public health settings. Her expertise in qualitative methods focuses on traditional and alternative data sources and data collection approaches, including, but not limited to, arts informed research, walking interviews, photo-elicitation interviews, freelisting and consensus-deriving group approaches.

Dr. Frasso earned a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania's School of Social Policy & Practice, as well as two master's degrees from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

2024 Faculty

Hannah Anderson, MBA
Dorene Balmer, PhD
Justin Clapp, PhD, MPH
Candice Dias, PhD
Melissa Dichter, PhD, MSW
Katie DiSantis, PhD, MPH
Marisa Felsher, PhD, MPH
Rosemary Frasso, PhD, SM, SM,CPH
Tamar Klaiman, PhD, MPH
Marnie LaNoue, PhD
Amy Leader, DrPH, MPH
Patrick Moeller, MPH
Harriet Okatch, PhD, MPH
Megan Reed, PhD, MPH
Kofoworola Williams, PhD, MPH

2024 Facilitators

Alison Brecher, PhD, MPH
Denine Crittendon, PhD, MPH
Hema Gandhi, PhD, MPH
Alexzandra Gentsch, MSW
Katie Kellom, BA
Patrick Moeller, MPH
Harriet Okatch, PhD, MPH

2024 Rates

$900 General Rate
$700 Group Rate (3 or more individuals from the same organization)
$500 Learner Rate