创建扎根理论研究级联编码优化操作路径——以名老中医传承研究为例

Create an optimized operating path of cascaded coding for grounded theory research:a case study of the inheritance of illustrious senior traditional Chinese medicine practitioners

近年来,扎根理论研究方法在中医药领域的应用范围逐渐扩大,能满足对名老中医“道术”研究的需求。但研究者常因编码数量过多、研究周期过长,存在重温编码含义的返工等导致的时间和精力损耗。因此,本文在符合编码原则的前提下,创新性地提出级联编码方法,并使用Word批注功能进行原始资料编码,将序贯级联编码导入Excel,使排序后所有类别及其所辖各级概念一目了然。同时,结合思维导图软件来实现编码层级可视化。本文以名老中医孔光一教授为人、为医之道的扎根理论挖掘为例,详细解析了该过程的操作要点,在贯彻扎根理论编码原则的前提下,极大地优化了操作路径,简化了编码过程,节约了研究时间,保证了编码的效率与准确性,以期为广大名老中医经验传承研究者提供范例,使更多中医药领域质性研究者能够便捷、准确、低成本地开展扎根理论研究。

In recent years,the application scope of grounded theory research in the field of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)has gradually expanded,and the various research needs such as“Dao and Shu(doctrines and techniques)”of illustrious senior TCM practitioners can be met.However,this research requires significant time and energy because of too much code,long study period and rework the meaning of code.Therefore,in this paper,on the premise of conforming to coding principles,we creatively propose a method named“cascaded coding”that uses Office Word to code the raw materials and then imports cascaded codes into Office Excel in order to clarify all categories and the concepts at all levels attached to them.Furthermore,mind⁃map software is used to visualize the cascaded codes.This cascaded process is discussed in this paper,and the grounded theory is taken as an example to analyze the Dao of an illustrious senior TCM practitioner⁃Prof.Kong Guangyi.Based on the methodology of Journal of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine grounded theory coding principles,we optimize the operation path and simplify the coding process,saving time,ensuring coding efficiency and accuracy,and providing an example for researchers who conduct grounded theory research on illustrious senior TCM practitioners,thus help more TCM qualitative researchers to carry out grounded theoretical research convenienty,accurately and at low cost.