African Journal of Health Professions Education (Mar 2023)

Qualitatively speaking: Deciding how much data and analysis is enough

  • D Sims,
  • F Cilliers

DOI
https://doi.org/10.7196/AJHPE.2023.v15i1.1657

Abstract

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As I traverse my (post) doctoral journey, reworking my thesis into publications, I was immersed again in a debate around the utility of the concept of data saturation. I believe this debate to be emblematic of the process of unlearning and relearning that unfolded during my doctoral journey, coming from a biomedical sciences background into qualitative educational research.