Role Title: Qualitative coder/intern: DiabHQ pilot study
Organisation: The Kids Research Institute Australia
Internship Period: Semester 1 (February - May)
Location: Nedlands
Researchers from the Rio Tinto Children’s Diabetes Centre based at The Kids Research Institute Australia and Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH) launched the first of its kind mobile diabetes app - the DiabHQ Patient Portal - Friday 14 November on World Diabetes Day.
The Patient Portal is the first of three portals that form part of the groundbreaking new DiabHQ platform. The DiabHQ Patient Portal, which has been described as a one-stop-shop for families’ diabetes needs, has been co-designed with consumers and includes a range of functions to support diabetes management.
The intern will work with the DiabHQ team and be supervised by Dr Rebecca Pedruzzi to code the qualitative data from the DiabHQ patient portal pilot study.
The following tasks will be undertaken:
- Reading and cleaning of qualitative data
- Open coding of each transcript
- Development of the code book
- Abstraction using NVivo
- Writing up results
The intern will be based within the Children's Diabetes Centre at Perth Children's Hospital.
The intern will regularly meet with the team to discuss and resolve any differences
in codes and themes at each stage / task.
The Kids Research Institute Australia is based within the Perth Children’s Hospital, and is one of the largest, and most successful medical research institutes in Australia, comprising a dedicated and diverse team of around 1,000 staff, students and honoraries. We've created a bold blueprint that brings together community, researchers, practitioners, policy makers and funders, who share our vision to improve the health and wellbeing of children through excellence in research.