Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
Curr Opin Crit Care. 2010 Dec;16(6):639-42. doi: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e32833ef5ef.
To determine the conditions under which ethnographic research is a useful tool for reflexive self-learning and enhanced performance in critical care units.
The focus of studies using qualitative methods to investigate the organization of work in critical care units largely remains the investigation of the stresses and strains for staff, patients, and families managing communication at the end of life. A more recent focus of research has been on safety and quality improvement. Iterative feedback between researchers and clinicians is likely a useful tool for self-reflexive learning and change.
Qualitative researchers have long been involved in the study of critical care. There is a new emphasis on using ethnographic methods as a tool for behavioural change through the process of iterative feedback.
确定民族志研究在哪些情况下对于重症监护病房的反思性自我学习和绩效提升是有用的工具。
使用定性方法研究重症监护病房工作组织的研究重点主要仍然是调查工作人员、患者和家属在生命末期管理沟通时的压力和紧张。研究的一个较新重点是安全性和质量改进。研究人员和临床医生之间的迭代反馈很可能是自我反思学习和改变的有用工具。
定性研究人员长期以来一直参与重症监护的研究。现在的重点是通过迭代反馈过程将民族志方法用作行为改变的工具。