Ethnographic research as an evolving method for supporting healthcare improvement skills: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The relationship between ethnography and healthcare improvement has been the subject of methodological concern. We conducted a scoping review of ethnographic literature on healthcare improvement topics, with two aims: (1) to describe current ethnographic methods and practices in healthcare improvement research and (2) to consider how these may affect habit and skill formation in the service of healthcare improvement.

Methods

We used a scoping review methodology drawing on Arksey and O'Malley's methods and more recent guidance. We systematically searched electronic databases including Medline, PsychINFO, EMBASE and CINAHL for papers published between April 2013 - April 2018, with an update in September 2019. Information about study aims, methodology and recommendat

SUBMITTER: Black GB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8647364 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature