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 […]
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Category: Anthropology
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 […]
FIFE-ing your way through Anthropology and Medicine
By Eve Purdy I realized during one of my master’s courses that anthropology is at the core of one of the most ubiquitous teaching tools used in clinical skills. The FIFE model is taught to […]
