

We identified themes that impacted SSC implementation in each of the four i-PARIHS constructs and several that spanned multiple constructs. Gaps in current implementation strategies were identified, and the utility of i-PARIHS to guide future efforts was assessed.įifty-one multi-disciplinary clinicians and health administrators completed interviews. Using thematic analysis, we identified within and across-case themes that were mapped to the i-PARIHS framework constructs. This qualitative study utilized interviews with surgical team members and health administrators from five high-income countries to understand the key elements necessary for successful implementation of the SSC. This study explored the extent to which SSC implementation practices could be assessed through the i-PARIHS framework and examined how it could support development of targeted recommendations to improve SSC implementation in high-income settings. Underutilization of implementation frameworks for informing implementation processes hinders our understanding of the checklists’ varying effectiveness in different contexts. Strategies selected to implement the WHO’s Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) are key factors in its ability to improve patient safety. This paper, thus, focuses on the central decisions that need to be made when engaging in qualitative data coding in order to help researchers new to qualitative research engage in thorough coding in order to enhance the quality of their analyses and findings, as well as improve quantitative researchers’ understanding of qualitative coding. While much material on coding exists, it tends to be either too comprehensive or too superficial to be practically useful for the novice researcher. The authors, thus, discuss the central choices that have to be made before, during and after coding, providing support for novices in practicing careful and enlightening coding work, and joining in the debate on practices and quality in qualitative research. The aim of this paper is to provide a thorough yet practical presentation of the vocabulary and craft of coding.

Having pooled, their experience in coding qualitative material and teaching students how to code, in this paper, the authors synthesize the extensive literature on coding in the form of a hands-on review. The purpose of this paper is to offer researchers who are new to qualitative research a thorough yet practical introduction to the vocabulary and craft of coding. General knowledge about qualitative data analysis, how to code qualitative data and decisions concerning related research design in the analytical process are all important for novice researchers. Qualitative research has gained in importance in the social sciences.
