Conduct a qualitative thesis: difficulties and possible solutions

Qualitative research is often a reveal for both tutors and students working on their thesis. This kind of research allows them to assess complex situations encountered in primary care, and to avoid the pitfalls of biostatistics. Supervision of these works could lead to several difficulties. Some are common to every scientific work, such as searching references, building hypothesis and asking the research question. Others are specific: learning skills for interviewing, coding, analyzing, and reporting. The participants of the third meeting in Lille of the French-speaking qualitative research network ("GROUM.F") took the opportunity to debate on this subject, to list difficulties and find solutions.