If you’ve been paying attention and following along every month, you’ll note that blog posts are all over the place. For example, waaay back in September I briefly mentioned that there are four principles of video reflexive ethnography (VRE), but
The Danish psychologist Edgar Rubin is perhaps best known for developing the optical illusion known as the Rubin vase, shown in the picture to the right. Is it a picture of a black vase, or is it a picture of
Auguste Rodin’s famous sculpture, The Thinker, is a great example of a man engaging in reflection. The man is sitting on a rock and by his posture demonstrates that he is deep in thought, reflecting on something. He is engaged
In the classic movie The Wizard of Oz there is a memorable scene where, thanks to wonder dog Toto, Dorothy looks behind a curtain and finds out what is really going on. In healthcare clinicians pull curtains around patients to
No one questions the value of observation as a method to collect data. The whole field of anthropology would likely cease to exist if observation were to be banned! For those of us who let video cameras do the observation
Hiring a videographer to work on a video reflexive ethnography (VRE) project is NOT necessary. Technological advances with cell phones means that we all have the capability of filming whatever we’d like, and that capability is literally in our back
After the funding, what comes next? In our case, an institutional review board (IRB) approval trumps hiring staff. Knowing that our study will not be exempt from IRB review, and knowing that video-based studies have additional risks because of confidentiality,
Read all about it! As we launch our new program on patient education related to symptom management of oral oncolytic therapy we will be posting regular blog entries, describing every step of the research process we will follow, along with
The latest edition of Panacea, the School of Nursing magazine, has a feature article on the Pivot Hub.Click below to read the article.
Through the generosity of the Janet Gatherer Boyles Endowed Clinical Research Fund, and the Jo Anne Horsley Faculty Research Fund, Dr. Milisa Manojlovich has received $30,000 to assess the usefulness and potential impact of VRE in improving medication education delivered
