PROP2 has now been well under way since August 2014 and all the practitioner-researchers have been working hard to design a proposal and start conducting research in and around their places of work. This year we have twelve practitioners from across seven organisations taking part (please see here for more details and have a look at the wide range of areas they are researching).
We are at the stage where proposals and ethics clearance has now been submitted and everyone is busily getting on with their own research.The next stages (through February and March) will be in analysing and interpreting the data, ready to write-up for the summer.
So far we have had a range of speakers at our five training events (see here for more information). We have been lucky to have speakers from Edinburgh and Dundee universities, and to have a range contributors from across the social and public services sector in Scotland.
In addition to this, nine of the thirteen practitioners are taking part in a Qualitative Analysis and Information CPD module at the University of Edinburgh (see here for details). This is an opportunity to gain 20 credits within the MSc in Integrated Service Improvement: Health and Social Care course and contribute to personal CPD for those that are interested. This will link in with and complement the overall PROP2 course. There will be three individual days of training through January, February and March, with exercises to be carried out across these days and at the end.
Our most recent Training Day was on the 22nd January so it’s a busy start to the year for everyone! There will be updates on this site as we go and materials posted up here as all the researchers progress with their work.
If you have any questions about the overall PROP2 project then please feel free to contact me on stuart.muirhead@iriss.org.uk. Individual project contact details can be found on the Practitioner-Researcher pages.
