scholarly journals Vulnerable Research: Competencies for Trauma and Justice-Informed Ethnography

2021 ◽  
pp. 089124162110172
Author(s):  
Taylor Paige Winfield
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Social Location ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Research Experiences ◽  
Research Competencies ◽  
Personal Histories ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Research Endeavor

Ethnographers often work with individuals who are physically, psychologically, spiritually, and/or structurally vulnerable. The article introduces six competencies for ethnographers to be trained in and assessed on to ensure their research is trauma and justice-informed. The author builds from her own research experiences, current methodological approaches to qualitative inquiry, and an integration of sociology and psychology to detail these competencies and provide tools for training and assessment. The competencies include the following: (a) self-awareness; (b) participant-centered approach; (c) recognition of social location; (d) attention to trauma; (e) knowledge of professional limits; and (f) effective boundaries and self-care. The six competencies and Action-reflection course outlined in the article are designed to support researchers in attending to how their personal histories, embodied states, and power dynamics shape the research endeavor, as well as, learn skills for healthy boundary-keeping, risk assessment, and steps to minimize participant (re)traumatization. Although these competencies are essential for work with disempowered populations, they are beneficial for all qualitative researchers to ensure both personal and participant safety.

The (Un) Certainty of Post-Qualitative Research: Textures of Life-of-in-Motion as Articulation

2020 ◽  
pp. 107780042091740
Author(s):  
David Lee Carlson
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Research Endeavor

This paper argues that post-qualitative inquiry offers scholars the opportunity to work with the articulation of language in the research endeavor. Drawing from literature, the author argues that scholars in the post-qualitative inquiry field can articulate the nuanced aspects of research rather than rely on rationalistic and propositional expressions.

scholarly journals Residents’ transformational changes through self-regulated, experiential learning for professionalism

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet M De Groot ◽  
Aliya Kassam ◽  
Dana Swystun ◽  
Maureen Topps
Keyword(s):  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Teaching Hospitals ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Clinical Learning Environment ◽  
Clinical Environments ◽  
The Impact

Purpose: Postgraduate trainees (‘residents”) are required to convey professional behaviours as they navigate complex clinical environments. However, little is known about experiential learning for professionalism. Thus, we asked residents about professionalism challenges within the clinical learning environment: 1) how challenges were identified, 2) what supported successfully addressing challenges and 3) the impact of addressing challenges to further inform resident education. Method: From 2015-2016, twenty-five residents across specialties and multiple university affiliated teaching hospitals participated in appreciative inquiry informed audio-taped semi-structured interviews. Transcripts were categorized deductively for the 2015 CanMEDS Professional Role element addressed (commitment to patients, society, the profession, and physician health).  A pragmatic research paradigm focussed descriptive data analysis on actions and outcomes.  Results: Residents actively identify opportunities for experiential learning of professionalism within the clinical workplace– addressing conflicting priorities with interprofessional clinicians to ensure excellent patient care, providing informal feedback regarding peers’ and other healthcare clinicians’ professionalism lapses and by gaining self-awareness and maintaining wellness. There were no descriptions of commitment to society. Values, relationships, and reflection supported professional behaviours. Many described transformative personal and professional growth as an outcome of addressing professionalism challenges. Conclusions: Residents self-regulated experiential learning for professionalism often results in transformational changes personally and professionally. Elucidation of how residents successfully navigate power dynamics and conflict to provide excellent patient care and feedback for professional regulatory behaviour will support professionalism education. An interprofessional research lens will be valuable to explore how best to incorporate commitment to society within clinical environments. 

scholarly journals A Course-Based Qualitative Inquiry: What Relational-Centred Practice Looks Like When in a Power-Over Position of Authority

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-27
Author(s):  
Adrianna Cambridge ◽  
Sarah Fereja ◽  
Irene Mai ◽  
Alice Yuan ◽  
Gerard Bellefeuille
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Youth Care ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Child And Youth Care ◽  
Emotional Safety ◽  
Data Collection Technique

In this article, we report on the innovative research design and results of a course-based qualitative inquiry into child and youth care (CYC) students' experiences of maintaining a relational-centered practice stance while in a power-over position of authority. Qualitative data from two semi-structured focus groups as well as an arts-based data collection technique were analyzed using the thematic analysis method. The following four major themes were identified from the analyses: (a) “self-awareness is key,” (b) “the mediating power of a positive trusting relationship,” (c) “the vital importance of emotional safety,” and (d) “it’s a two-way street.” The results of this course-based study revealed that, although CYC students are committed to practicing relationally, the dynamics of being in a position of power-over authority are complex and challenging to navigate.

scholarly journals Methodological approaches to risk assessment of real investment projects

2018 ◽  
Vol 239 ◽  
pp. 08021
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Bogomolova
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Investment Projects ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Real Investment

Risk management is impossible without systematically assessing the level of significance of the risks identified in the project. Within the scope of the paper, the distinctive features of various qualitative and quantitative methods for assessing the risks of real investment projects are emphasized. The paper analyzes some of the existing methods of risk assessment in terms of their advantages and disadvantages of application in order to facilitate the selection of the most convenient method for a particular project.

On methodological approaches to evaluation of multifactor risk for population exposed to environmental hazards

2019 ◽  
pp. 41-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria S. Blagodareva ◽  
Aleksey S. Kornilkov ◽  
Sergei V. Yarushin ◽  
Olga L. Malyh
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Risk Evaluation ◽  
Human Health Risk ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Chemical Pollution ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Health Risk Management

Health risk evaluation, as subjected to many environmental factors (chemical, physical, lifestyle, etc.), is a topical scientific and practical task, because human is never exposed to a single factor, and human health risk management requires consideration of maximal possible amount of environmental and factorial influences. The article deals with methodological approaches to multifactor risk evaluation and contains the results of pilot project on mortality risk assessment, exemplified by population of the Kirovograd city district of Sverdlovsk region, considering smoking and multifactor exposure to noise and chemical pollution of air. The authors presented assessment of economic losses due to the exposure and suggestions of methodological approaches development and elaboration of techniques for multifactor risk assessment to improve municipal system of health risk management and provide sanitary and epidemiological safety.

Methodology for risk assessment of agribusiness enterprises: content and algorithm of implementation for modeling purposes

2020 ◽  
pp. 236-245
Author(s):  
В.М. Безденежных ◽  
Л.Х. Боташева ◽  
Д.Ф. Ализада
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Pareto Optimality ◽  
Probabilistic Models ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Optimality Criterion ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Static Picture ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Dynamic Series

В статье исследуются методики оценки рисков аграрного сектора экономики на основе вероятностных моделей, учитывающих особенности самих рисков и размеры потерь сельскохозяйственной продукции. Показано, что два различных по своей сути методических подхода (принципа пропорции Парето и критерий оптимальности Парето) моделирования могут хорошо дополнять друг друга, создавая статическую картину события и динамический ряд ее изменений. The article explores methods of assessing risks of the agricultural sector of the economy on the basis of probabilistic models, taking into account the peculiarities of risks themselves and the size of losses of agricultural products. It is two different methodological approaches (the Pareto proportion principle and the Pareto optimality criterion) of modeling as complement each other, creating a static picture of the event and a dynamic series of its changes.

The spirit of palliative practice: A qualitative inquiry into the spiritual journey of palliative care physicians

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 415-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrienne Penderell ◽  
Kevin Brazil
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Spiritual Growth ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Terminally Ill ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Physician Patient Relationship ◽  
Delivery Of Care ◽  
Dynamic Relationship

AbstractObjective:Much is known about the important role of spirituality in the delivery of multidimensional care for patients at the end of life. Establishing a strong physician–patient relationship in a palliative context requires physicians to have the self-awareness essential to establishing shared meaning and relationships with their patients. However, little is known about this phenomenon and therefore, this study seeks a greater understanding of physician spirituality and how caring for the terminally ill influences this inner aspect.Method:A qualitative descriptive study was used involving face-to-face interviews with six practicing palliative care physicians.Results:Conceptualized as a separate entity from religion, spirituality was described by participants as a notion relating to meaning, personal discovery, self-reflection, support, connectedness, and guidance. Spirituality and the delivery of care for the terminally ill appeared to be interrelated in a dynamic relationship where a physician's spiritual growth occurred as a result of patient interaction and that spiritual growth, in turn, was essential for providing compassionate care for the palliative patient. Spirituality also served as an influential force for physicians to engage in self-care practices.Significance of results:With spirituality as a pervasive force not only in the lives of palliative care patients, but also in those of healthcare providers, it may prove to be beneficial to use this information to guide future practice in training and education for palliative physicians in both the spiritual care of patients and in practitioner self care.

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