Hermeneutic or Phenomenological Research Hermeneutic and phenomenological research is qualitative measurement analysis tools. They focus on the understanding and interpretation and execution of theory. Both are becoming more and more popular with contemporary research methodologies (Fuchs 1993). Together, they embody the studying of social phenomenon external to the manipulation of the research. They aim to understand how we construct and gain knowledge from the external world around us. Thus, hermeneutic research "is interpretive and concentrated on historical meanings of experience and their development and cumulative effects on individual and social levels," (Laverty 2003 p 15). Phenomenological research is additionally very descriptive and thus examines the foundational structure of experience as a way of gaining knowledge (Fuchs 1993). One study, conducted by Ajjawi & Higgs (2007) embodies these elements within its methodological structure.

The study contains particular elements adhering to ontological, axiological, and epistemological assumptions. Ontology focuses on the categories of being and the phenomenon already exists outside the real of the internal. Ontological endeavors then focus on exploring what exists and what can then be categorized and better understood. Here, the study used hermeneutic...

The researchers used experiences as a type of data to be understood. There were axiological elements as well. Axiology focuses on the understanding of the value a particular phenomenon shows, both in individual and social realms. The study aimed to categorize and list experiences and communicative strategies as a way to create value through possibly impacting learning strategies for future clinical physicians and practitioners. Epistemological assumptions study of knowledge and how we learn from the external world around us (Fuchs 1993). They examined how we know and understand the external phenomenon. In such research, "one cannot stand outside the pre-understandings and historicality of one's experience," (Laverty 2003 p 14). The epistemological assumptions of this research are based on idealism, where knowledge is essentially socially constructed (Ajjwai & Higgs 2007).
This is then manifested in the research questions and other study elements. "Clinical reasoning is a complex phenomenon;" thus, the study aims to explore how experienced practitioners come to particular communicative…