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| + | [[Ethnomethodology|Ethnomethodology]] is a sociological discipline which focuses on the ways in which people make sense of their world, display this understanding to others, and produce the mutually shared social order in which they live. It is distinct from traditional sociology, and does not seek to compete with it, or provide remedies for any of its practices. Furthermore, ethnomethodology is concerned with the"how" (the methods) by which that social order is produced, and shared (1,2). It seeks to describe the practices (the methods) these individuals use in their actual descriptions of those settings. Ethnomethology may ask, how do people perceive understand and explain the world in which they live? Specifically, with patient care, it may ask, are these perceptions and beliefs about the world changed when we become ill? Ethnomethodology is particularly concerned with cultural differences in explanations offered, especially the influence of social norms on the communication process. This cultural context is particularly significant when a patient tries to understand or the doctor tries to explain a condition, for example, a disease or newly diagnosed cancer. | ||
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Revision as of 06:35, 26 February 2007
Evaluation Methods in Informatics
This is a collection of short descriptions of evaluation methods used in informatics research.
Contents
Ethnography
Cognitive_ethnography is one of the tools which could be used to study effective manners for instruction of BMI in professional schools. A study to delineate the present state of informatics curricula at healthcare professional schools, the present status of BMI knowledge held by students, at the beginning and completion of their healthcare professional education, and a systematic analysis of what should be included in a standardized, structured BMI curriculum to meet the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) standards would benefit from the use of cognitive ethnography.
Critical Incident Technique
Critical Incident Technique (CIT) is a form of criterion sampling. [Patton, 2002] CIT relies upon interviews of subjects who fall into a defined category or categories and who carry out defined work tasks. Recurring interview topics are recorded as incidents, and the incidents are analyzed so to develop a psychological profile of the subjects. The goal of CIT research is to understand the weaknesses involved with a particular task and to provide solutions to resolve those weaknesses. [Wikipedia, 2007]
Focus Groups
Oral History
Cognitive Ethnography
Ethnomethodology
Ethnomethodology is a sociological discipline which focuses on the ways in which people make sense of their world, display this understanding to others, and produce the mutually shared social order in which they live. It is distinct from traditional sociology, and does not seek to compete with it, or provide remedies for any of its practices. Furthermore, ethnomethodology is concerned with the"how" (the methods) by which that social order is produced, and shared (1,2). It seeks to describe the practices (the methods) these individuals use in their actual descriptions of those settings. Ethnomethology may ask, how do people perceive understand and explain the world in which they live? Specifically, with patient care, it may ask, are these perceptions and beliefs about the world changed when we become ill? Ethnomethodology is particularly concerned with cultural differences in explanations offered, especially the influence of social norms on the communication process. This cultural context is particularly significant when a patient tries to understand or the doctor tries to explain a condition, for example, a disease or newly diagnosed cancer.
