Career choice in academic medicine

Abstract

How does one make judgments about the quality of a qualitative research study? What criteria are indicative of sound inferences and valuable conclusions made from analyses of qualitative data? These questions are on the mind of any researcher engaged in or considering the use of qualitative research methods in psychology. Because the question of quality is so fundamental to the useful practice of qualitative inquiry in psychology, the Editorial Team at Qualitative Psychology placed an open call for papers on the topic of “Markers of Quality and Best Practices in Qualitative Inquiry.” The goal in devoting space in the first issue of the journal to this topic highlights the need for explicit and public engagement with concerns about markers of quality and best practices in qualitative research in psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved)