Institutional Ethnography: An Approach to Explicate the Ruling Relations in Healthcare Institutions

Background & Aims Institutional ethnography (IE), as one of the qualitative approaches, focuses on the everyday work processes of individuals. In this study, we aim to introduce the IE for explicating the relations in the healthcare institutions. This study will investigate the key terms, concep...

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Main Authors: Farzaneh Mokhtary, Abouali Vedadhir, Akram Sanagoo, Leila Jouybari
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Published: Iran University of Medical Sciences 2024-06-01
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Online Access:http://ijn.iums.ac.ir/article-1-3803-en.pdf
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Abouali Vedadhir
Akram Sanagoo
Leila Jouybari
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description Background & Aims Institutional ethnography (IE), as one of the qualitative approaches, focuses on the everyday work processes of individuals. In this study, we aim to introduce the IE for explicating the relations in the healthcare institutions. This study will investigate the key terms, concepts, and insights of IE through examples by reviewing the related studies. Materials & Methods This methodological study involved a search in databases including PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, the Iranian Scientific Information Database (SID), and Google Scholar using the keywords institutional ethnography, IE, healthcare system, and delivery of health care, without any time limit until January 2024. Results The IE has four steps: identifying the disjuncture and problematic, data collection, data analysis, and recommendations and conclusions useful for changing practice. In this approach, the institutional ethnographer utilizes a wide range of data collection techniques, including interviews, observations, focus group discussions, document collection, and reflexivity to create a description of what people do in their everyday lives. Conclusion The IE is used to identify and understand how higher-level processes and policies impact daily clinical work. Achieving a proper understanding of how texts and individuals function together within an organization (what actually happens) enables the formulation and implementation of practical strategies for addressing issues in the field.
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spelling doaj-art-722286a9ab35491695940b665b39ef2c2025-01-22T07:33:26ZfasIran University of Medical Sciencesنشریه پرستاری ایران2008-59312024-06-0137148196209Institutional Ethnography: An Approach to Explicate the Ruling Relations in Healthcare InstitutionsFarzaneh Mokhtary0Abouali Vedadhir1Akram Sanagoo2Leila Jouybari3 Student Research Committee, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran. Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Social Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran. Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran. Background & Aims Institutional ethnography (IE), as one of the qualitative approaches, focuses on the everyday work processes of individuals. In this study, we aim to introduce the IE for explicating the relations in the healthcare institutions. This study will investigate the key terms, concepts, and insights of IE through examples by reviewing the related studies. Materials & Methods This methodological study involved a search in databases including PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, the Iranian Scientific Information Database (SID), and Google Scholar using the keywords institutional ethnography, IE, healthcare system, and delivery of health care, without any time limit until January 2024. Results The IE has four steps: identifying the disjuncture and problematic, data collection, data analysis, and recommendations and conclusions useful for changing practice. In this approach, the institutional ethnographer utilizes a wide range of data collection techniques, including interviews, observations, focus group discussions, document collection, and reflexivity to create a description of what people do in their everyday lives. Conclusion The IE is used to identify and understand how higher-level processes and policies impact daily clinical work. Achieving a proper understanding of how texts and individuals function together within an organization (what actually happens) enables the formulation and implementation of practical strategies for addressing issues in the field.http://ijn.iums.ac.ir/article-1-3803-en.pdfinstitutional ethnographyruling relationsqualitative researchmethodology
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Akram Sanagoo
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Institutional Ethnography: An Approach to Explicate the Ruling Relations in Healthcare Institutions
نشریه پرستاری ایران
institutional ethnography
ruling relations
qualitative research
methodology
title Institutional Ethnography: An Approach to Explicate the Ruling Relations in Healthcare Institutions
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title_fullStr Institutional Ethnography: An Approach to Explicate the Ruling Relations in Healthcare Institutions
title_full_unstemmed Institutional Ethnography: An Approach to Explicate the Ruling Relations in Healthcare Institutions
title_short Institutional Ethnography: An Approach to Explicate the Ruling Relations in Healthcare Institutions
title_sort institutional ethnography an approach to explicate the ruling relations in healthcare institutions
topic institutional ethnography
ruling relations
qualitative research
methodology
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