1. Evidence Synthesis of Qualitative Research in Europe (ESQUIRE)
Programme
Day One – Tuesday, 2nd September 2014
Session 1 - Overview, Focusing the Question and Searching
11.00am Registration & Refreshments
12 Noon Buffet Lunch
1pm Introduction and Overview
Dr Andrew Booth
1.30pm Focusing the Question
Dr Janet Harris
2.15pm Qualitative Evidence Synthesis - Case Study
2.45pm Break & Refreshments
3.15pm Planning Your Review
3.45pm Searching for Qualitative Evidence, Using Filters & Supplementary Methods
4.45pm Summary of the Day
5pm Close
7.00pm Evening Course Dinner
INOX Dine, Level 5, Students Union Building, Durham Road, S10 2TG
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Venue
Halifax Hall Hotel & Conference Centre, Endcliffe Vale Road, S10 3ER
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Leopold Hotel, Sheffield

2. Evidence Synthesis of Qualitative Research in Europe (ESQUIRE)
Day Two – Wednesday, 3rd September 2014
Session Two - Data Extraction & Quality Assessment
9.30am Choosing a Method of Qualitative Synthesis
Dr Andrew Booth
9.45am Introducing QES Methods – the Basics (Thematic Synthesis and Framework Synthesis)
Dr Andrew Booth & Ms Fiona Campbell
10:30am Break & Refreshments
10.45am Workshop: Thematic Synthesis and Framework Synthesis
(Part One – Data Extraction)
11.30am Workshop: Thematic Synthesis and Framework Synthesis
(Part two – Quality Assessment)
12.30pm Lunch
Session Three – Analysis, Synthesis and Writing Up
1.30pm Workshop: Thematic Synthesis and Framework Synthesis
(Part Three – Synthesising across Studies)
3.00pm Break & Refreshments
3.15pm Workshop: Thematic Synthesis and Framework Synthesis
(Part Four – Completing the Analysis)
3.45 pm Feedback and Summing Up
Ms Fiona Campbell
4.15pm Where to Next?
4.30pm Writing Up and Dissemination
5pm Close
Leopold Hotel, Sheffield

3. Evidence Synthesis of Qualitative Research in Europe (ESQUIRE)
Day Three – Thursday, 4th September 2014
Session Four – Methodological Challenges- Focusing, Study Identification and Assessment.
9am Realist Synthesis 101
Dr Andrew Booth
9:30am Meta – ethnography 101
Dr Ruth Garside
10am Overview of Methodological Issues
10.15am Issues and Challenges around Scoping, Focusing the Question & Use of Models and Theory
Dr Janet Harris
11am Issues and Challenges around Searching for Literature
11.20am Break & Refreshments
11:50am Issues and Challenges around Assessing Qualitative Research
12.30pm Lunch
Session Five - Methodological Challenges - Synthesis and Integration
1.30pm Issues and Challenges around Synthesising Qualitative Research
2.15pm Issues and Challenges around Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Data
Professor James Thomas
3.00pm Methodological Roundtable Discussion
Dr Andrew Booth, Dr Ruth Garside, Professor James Thomas & Dr Janet Harris
3.20pm The Way Forward – Taking your Interest Further
Dr Andrew Booth & Dr Janet Harris
3.30pm Refreshments and Departure
Leopold Hotel, Sheffield