Thanks for making me welcome Jeffrey. I am giving two papers at QI2001; “Grounded theory: creating a nexus between social justice and research design” and “Grounded theory and evidence based healthcare: Strategies to promote knowledge diffusion and utilisation”. My colleague Mel Birks will be presenting a paper around one of her studies of registered nurses in Malaysian Borneo.

Last time we came to QI2009 we travelled on to Columbia University School of Nursing and gave our presentations there which was good fun. We are hoping to do something similar this time, I was going to email Pat Stone there and see if they were interested in us visiting again. I noticed on your website that you do quite a lot of work with Schools of Nursing in New York City, if you have any ideas about who might be interested in hearing about grounded theory we would be grateful for any contacts.

As well as grounded theory, Mel and I are interested in finding a School of Nursing who might be using unfolding case studies in simulated clinical practice. I am at James Cook University in Cairns, and Mel works for Central Queensland University in Noosa both in Schools of Nursing and Midwifery. In Australia simulated clinical placement/learning environments are currently a hot topic with Governments so we would love to see what others are doing in the States.

As far as refs are concerned, we both have a number of articles that are easily accessed and have just published a new book with Sage on grounded theory aimed at graduate students. You can check it out on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Grounded-Theory-Practical-Melanie-Birks/dp/1848609930/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1294206622&sr=1-1

Didn’t really want to do an advertorial on your blog though… just happy to chat. If we can catch up in New York that would be great, we should be there 23-25th May, or maybe even Illinois if you get your abstract sorted!

Jane