• 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 (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 and 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.

    • Detailed program

      Time

      Tuesday September 27

      Introduction to ethnography

      09:00-09:30

      Welcome, introduction and presentation of participants (EES)

      09:30-10:30

      Introduction to ethnography:

      History, methodology and ethics (TT)

      10:30-10:45

      Coffee break

      10:45-12:30

      Introduction to ethnography – continued (TT)

      12:30-13:00

      Lunch

      13:00-14:30

      Presentations and discussions focusing on methodology (ALL)

      14:30-14:45

      Coffee break

      14:45-16:00

      Presentations and discussions - continued (ALL)

       

       

      Time

      Wednesday September 28

      Fieldwork - introduction

      09:00-09:15

      Introduction to day 2 and reflections/questions from day1 (HHT)

      09:15-10:30

      Capturing relational aspects in family health nursing including virtual fieldwork (HHT)

      10:30-10:45

      Coffee break

      11:15-12:30

      How to capture interactions between health professionals in a multidisciplinary health care setting? (EES)

      12:30-13:00

      Lunch

      13:00-14:00

      Presentations and discussions focusing on field work (ALL)

      14:00-14:15

      Coffee break

      14:15-15:30

      Presentations and discussions - continued (ALL)

      18:00-

      Dinner in Aalborg City

       

      Time

      Thursday September 29

      From fieldwork to analysis – from presence to abstraction

      09:00-09:15

      Introduction to day 3 and reflections/questions from day 2 (LU)

      09:15-10:00

      Basic analytical strategies in ethnography (HHT)

      10:00-10:15

      Coffee break

      10:15-11:00

      Go-along: Analyzing while collecting data (LU)

      11:00 -12:15

      Deductive vs. inductive approach: The role of theory in analysis (KSP)

      12:15-13:00

      Lunch

      13:00-14:00

      Presentations and discussions focusing on analysis (ALL)

      14:00-14:15

      Coffee break

      14:15-16:00

      Presentations and discussions - continued (ALL)

       

      Time

      Friday September 30

      Writing ethnography for publication

      09:00-09:15

      Introduction to day 4 and reflections/questions from day 3 (MG)

      09:15-10:30

      Scientific writing in Health Care Sciences (MG)

      10:30 -10:45

      Coffee break

      10:45 -12:00

      Critical reading of scientific papers using ethnography including systematic review (LU)

      12:00 - 12.30

      Lunch

      12:30 - 14:00

      Presentations and discussions focusing on publication (ALL)

      14:00 - 14:15

      Coffee break

      14:15 -15:00

      Wrap up, final remarks & evaluation (ALL)

  • Organizer: Ass. Professor Erik Elgaard Sørensen, Postdoc Mette Grønkjær and Helle Haslund Thomsen

  • Lecturers: Tine Tjørnhøj (TT), Erik Elgaard Sørensen (EES), Lisbeth Uhrenfeldt (LU), Helle Haslund Thomsen (HHT), Kirsten Schultz Petersen (KSP), Mette Grønkjær (MG)

  • ECTS: 3,2

  • Time: 27-30 Sept., 2016

  • Place: Forskningens Hus, Sdr. Skovvej 15, room 405

  • Zip code: 9000

  • City: Aalborg

  • Number of seats:

  • Deadline: 6. Sept., 2016