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Blurring the boundaries: using institutional ethnography to inquire into health professions education and practice

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Qualitative, social science approaches to research have surged in popularity within health professions education (HPE) over the past decade. Institutional ethnography (IE) offers the field another sociological approach to inquiry.… Click to show full abstract

Qualitative, social science approaches to research have surged in popularity within health professions education (HPE) over the past decade. Institutional ethnography (IE) offers the field another sociological approach to inquiry. Although widely used in nursing and health care research, IE remains relatively uncommon in the HPE research community. This article provides a brief introduction to IE and suggests why HPE researchers may wish to consider it for future studies.

Keywords: health; professions education; institutional ethnography; health professions

Journal Title: Medical Education
Year Published: 2017

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