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This international symposium introduces researchers and academics in Nepal to the basics of mixed-methods research.   The symposium will be held on 3^rd January 2015 at Manipal Medical College in Pokhara, Nepal.

The symposium  is jointly organised by Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal, Liverpool John Moores University, UK, Bournemouth University, UK & CEA (Confederation of Epidemiological Associations).  Bournemouth University will be represented in Nepal by Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen.  Prof. van Teijlingen is a medical sociologist in the Centre for Midwifery, Maternal & Perinatal Health.  He has conducted mixed-methods research for over two decades and he has published more than 200 papers and book chapters. Many of his  publications are based on research that uses mixed-methods.  Two of the other four symposium presenters at the symposium are Visiting Faculty at Bournemouth University (Prof. Padam Simkhada based at Liverpool John Moores University and Dr. Bibha Simkhada).

Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen

Centre for Midwifery, Maternal & Perinatal Health
Faculty of Health & Social Sciences