title: Co-creation of a pedagogical space to support qualitative inquiry: An advanced qualitative collective.
abstract: Situated in a research-intensive School of Nursing, the Advanced Qualitative Collective (AQC) provides an innovative educational forum for the study of qualitative research by doctoral and postdoctoral scholars. This long-standing collective is guided by a faculty facilitator using a collaborative co-learning approach to address individual and group needs, from the conception of research projects through dissemination of completed qualitative research. This article describes the dynamics of the AQC and the ways a co-created pedagogical entity supports professional development among its diverse members. The informal, participatory style, and dynamic content used by the AQC resists a course structure typical of doctoral education in health sciences, and promotes engagement and self-direction. The AQC provides opportunities for members to examine theoretical frameworks and methodologies rarely addressed within a positivism-dominant learning environment while simultaneously serving as an alternative exemplar for the pedagogy of research.
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing, United States. Electronic address: abbouds@uic.edu.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abboud
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, United States.
authors.forename: Su Kyung
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Penn Injury Science Center, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, United States.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jacoby
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, United States.
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mooney-Doyle
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, United States.
authors.forename: Terease
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Waite
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, United States.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Froh
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, United States.
authors.forename: Justine S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Sefcik
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, United States.
authors.forename: Hyejin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Interdisciplinary Addiction Program for Education and Research (VIPER), United States.
authors.forename: Timothy Joseph
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Sowicz
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, United States.
authors.forename: Terri-Ann
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.affiliation: Gerontological Nursing, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, United States.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kagan
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003479:Curriculum; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D005178:Faculty / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012107:Research Design; D013338:Students, Nursing