Ethnography in health care sciences (2024)

    Welcome to Ethnography in health care sciences

    Description:

    Ethnographic research has become increasingly popular in health care sciences. This course provides a solid methodological foundation for using ethnographic research to understand real-world issues in context. Attention will be paid to how ethnographic strategies can be deployed in health care contexts, as a way of illustrating the more general principles of ethnographic work. 

    Over four days, this course will cover core components of the ethnographic approach such as data gathering in fieldwork (various forms of participant observation, interview, field notes and documents), data analysis, ethical issues and writing articles based on ethnography. The course will provide students with an understanding of how to design acand carry out ethnographic research and an awareness of contemporary developments in the theory and practice of ethnographic studies.

    The course is designed for participants and lecturers to engage in different activities such as lectures, practical exercises and discussions of some of the theoretical, methodological and practical issues and challenges in using ethnography. Each participant will give a short presentation of his/hers PhD project and receive feedback from lecturers and participants during the course.

    Organizer:

    Helle Haslund-Thomsen, Associate Professor, PHD, RN et MAH.

    Lecturers: Siri Lygum Voldbjerg (SLV), Britt Laugesen (BL) Kirsten Schultz Petersen (KSP),

    Helle Haslund- Thomsen (HHT),

    ECTS: 3,0

    Dates: 16-19 January 2024

    Time:     9-16

    Place: Room 11.00.032, Selma Lagerløfs Vej 249

    Zip code:  9260 Gistrup

    City:  Gistrup

    Number of seats: max 30

    Deadline: 26. Dec 2023


    Important information concerning PhD courses: We have over some time experienced problems with no-show for both project and general courses. It has now reached a point where we are forced to take action. Therefore, the Doctoral School has decided to introduce a no-show fee of DKK 3.000 for each course where the student does not show up. Cancellations are accepted no later than 2 weeks before start of the course. Registered illness is of course an acceptable reason for not showing up on those days. Furthermore, all courses open for registration approximately four months before start. This can hopefully also provide new students a chance to register for courses during the year. We look forward to your registrations.


    Literature/Requirements:

    Preparation: Participants must provide an abstract or a brief description (approx. 1 page) of a specific issue or challenge related to ethnography concerning their study.

    Literature:

    Tjørnhøj-Thomsen T & Whyte S. Fieldwork and participant observation, In: Forskningsmetoder I Folkesundhedsvidenskab, Munksgaard, Danmark, pp. 91 – 120.*

    Atkinson P. (2015). For ethnography, SAGE, chapter 1 & 2, pp. 1 – 33.

    Hammersley Martyn, Atkinson Paul: Ethnography, principles in practice. Third edition. Routledge 2003: Chapter 1 and 2

    Madden, Raymond: Being Ethnographic – A guide to the Theory and Practice of Ethnography. Section 1, p 13-55 and section 2, 59-95

    Hammersley Martyn, Atkinson Paul: Ethnography, principles in practice. Third edition. Routledge 2003: Field Relations pp 63-97 (Field relations)

    Hammersley Martyn, Atkinson Paul: Ethnograpy, principles in practice. Third edition. Routledge 2003: Kap 8. The process of analysis. Pp 158-191.

    Higginbottom,Gina, Pillay, Jennifer et.al. (2013). Guidance on performing focused ethnograhies with an emphasis on healthcare research. The Qualitative Report, 18(17), 1-16.

    Knoblauch, H. (2005). Focused ethnography. Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 6(3), 1-14.

    Gerrish K. (2003: Self and others: the rigour and ethics of insider ethnography. In Latimer J (ed) Advanced Qualitative Research for Nursing, Oxford, Blackwell, 77-94.https://ners.unair.ac.id/materikuliah/ADVANCE%20QUALITATIVE%20RESEARCH%20FOR%20NURSING.pdf

     

    Wall, Sarah (2015). Focused Ethnography: A Methodological Adaptation for Social Research in Emerging Contexts [40 paragraphs]. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 16(1), Art. 1,http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs150111

     

    Madden, Raymond: Being Ethnographic – A guide to the Theory and Practice of Ethnography.kap 7: Analysis to interpretation. Sage Publications, London 2010 reprinted 2012 pp 136-151.

    Campbell E & Lassiter, LE. Doing ethnography today, John Wiley & Sons, 2015, pp: 44-83.

    Collins CS, Stockton CM (2018) The Central Role of Theory in Qualitative Research. International Journal of Qualitative Methods Vol. 17: 1–10

    Coffey A & Atkinson P. (1996). Beyond the data, in: Making sense of Qualitative Data, pp. 139-182.

    Bradbury-Jones C, Taylor J, Herber O. How theory is used and articulated in qualitative research: Development of a new typology. Social Science and Medicine, (2014); 120:135-141.

    Gilgun JF. Beyond description to interpretation and theory in qualitative social work research. Qualitative Social Work

    (2015) 14(6) 741–752.

    Secondary literature:

     

    Nutbeam D, Harris E, Wise M. (2010) Theory in a nutschell. A practical guide to health promotion theories. 3. ed. Sydney, AU.   McGraw-Hill.

    Mitchell GJ, Cody WK. (1993). The role of theory in qualitative research. Nursing Science Quarterly, 6; 4:170-178.

    Sandelowsky M (1993) Theory unmasked: the uses and guises of theory in qualitative research. J Int. Soc. Res 3(11) 570-77.

    Campbell E & Lassiter, LE. (2015). Doing ethnography today, John Wiley & Sons, pp. 113 – 137.

    Hannes, K., Lockwood, C., & Pearson, A. (2010). A comparative analysis of three online appraisal instruments’ ability to assess validity in qualitative research. Qualitative health research.

    Atkinson P. (2015). For ethnography, SAGE, chapter 9-10.

    Secondary literature:

    Atkinson P. (2015). For ethnography, SAGE, chapter 9, p. 153 – 171.

    Coffey A & Atkinson P. (1996). Writing and Representation, in: Making sense of Qualitative Data, pp. 108-138. 

    Books 

    Atkinson P. For ethnography, SAGE, 2015

    Campbell E & Lassiter, LE. Doing ethnography today, John Wiley & Sons, 2015.


    Secondary literature:

    Spradley, JP. Participant observation, Wadsworth, 1980