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Evidence-Based Practice / Unit 7   EBP 0910 short lesson, about 20 seconds

Fieldwork and Participant Observation

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The idea

Ethnographic data are gathered through fieldwork: the researcher is present in the natural setting and observes by taking part in it.

In practice

A researcher working alongside a team for months rather than interviewing them once.

Where people slip

Participating changes the setting. Ethnography accepts that and accounts for it rather than pretending otherwise.

Your place on the trail

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