By: Eve Purdy In a previous post, I promised to come back to a rant on the word “pimping toxic quizzing”. So here we are, better late than never. Simply stated, the term must go. […]
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Category: Anthropology
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Walking on the “wrong” side of the road
By: Eve Purdy I just moved to Australia for an education fellowship and to work on research in the anthropology of trauma care provision. So far so good. I quickly became accustomed to the fact […]
The Ritual
The Ritual By: Eve Purdy Editor’s note: As a disclaimer, I am not a surgical resident and have lived the experience in the OR only as an outsider as both a medical student and off-service […]
A rant on “pimping” and social capital
By: Eve Purdy Every resident has one, or more likely a few, moments that they wish they could take back. Sometimes they relate to patient care but more often they relate to interactions with our […]
Participant observation to enhance learning
By: Eve Purdy Participant observation is “the description of events, behaviours, and artifacts in a social setting”[1]- it is the cornerstone of data collection in anthropology. Historically, anthropologists ventured to exotic locales and immersed themselves […]
