Video-Reflexive Ethnography in Health Research and Healthcare Improvement Theory and Application

This innovative, practical guide introduces researchers to the use of the video reflexive ethnography in health and health services research. This methodology has enjoyed increasing popularity among researchers internationally and has been inspired by developments across a range of disciplines: ethnography, visual and applied anthropology, medical sociology, health services research, medical and nursing education, adult education, community development, and qualitative research ethics.

List of vignettes

List of figures

List of tables

Authors

0. Introduction

1. The theoretical background of video-reflexive ethnography

2. Preparing for fieldwork and collaborative data construction

3. Recruiting VRE participants

4. Videoing and analyzing practices

5. Preparing reflexive sessions

6. Conducting reflexive sessions

7. Evaluating VRE achievements

8. Publishing VRE studies

9. Tying the principal strands of the book together

Appendix A: Examples of funded VRE projects

Appendix B: VRE and ethics

Index

Rick Iedema is a professor and the director of the Centre for Team-based Practice and Learning in Health Care, King’s College London, London, UK.

Katherine Carroll is a research fellow in School of Sociology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

Aileen Collier is Senior Lecturer, Te Arai Palliative Care and End of Life Research Group, School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Su-yin Hor is a lecturer in Health Services Management, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

Jessica Mesman is an associate professor, Department of Society Studies, Maastricht University, The Netherlands.

Mary Wyer is a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia.