Dear Colleagues,

A couple of years ago, we were Guest Editors for a Special Issue in Pharmacy on qualitative methods in pharmacy practice research. The papers published in that Issue covered different and interesting aspects of the use of qualitative methods. We concluded that over the past years there has been an increase in the use of qualitative methods in health services research, including pharmacy research. This is even more true today, three years later. Pharmacy practice researchers are to a wide extent using qualitative methods to understand, explain, discover, and explore both patients’ and health care practitioners’ thoughts, perceptions, feelings, and actions. Qualitative research is also increasingly used for the “democratization” of research through research that is inclusive, collaborative, and involves partnerships and co-production.

This Special Issue is an extension of the first Special Issue. We hope to receive as many interesting contributions as we did the first time. We invite you to share your approaches, successes (and failures) in/by using qualitative research in pharmacy practice and health services research. This could include, but is not limited to, pharmacy education, practice, or clinical pharmacy, as well as interprofessional education, implementation, or evaluation. The compilation will be a useful reference material for students and researchers engaged in pharmacy and health service research. Systematic reviews, original research articles, and interdisciplinary research will be welcomed. The deadline for submissions for this Special Issue of the journal is 31 March 2021. All articles submitted with the subject heading Qualitative Methods in Pharmacy Research Special Issue should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers).

 Dr. Lotte Stig Nørgaard
Dr. Gisselle Gallego
Guest Editors

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• Qualitative methods
• Interviews
• Focus groups
• Research approaches using qualitative research
• Data quality criteria in qualitative research
• Multiple methods
• Mixed methods
• Pharmacy and health services research