Ethnodrama constructing participatory, experiential and compelling action research through performance/

Through the use of illustrative script and other data drawn from a number of emancipatory research projects, this chapter endeavours to portray the construction of a new form of participatory and interactional; theatre that negotiates and constructs understandings and meanings in conjunction with its participants and audiences. In this context, critical ethnography has been combined with performance to construct the new form of theatre which we have labelled ethnodrama. The ethnodramas described seek to translate action research into reflexive, reflective performances which are both educational tools for teaching nursing and medical students and a form of voicing to service providers by health consumers

Ethnodrama : analysis in action

Qualitative research reports containing dramatic demonstrations or performances of elements of qualitative data - that is, ethnodrama - may have import for audiences beyond those more commonly experienced in the realm of traditional modes of data analysis and transmission. Referring to this specialised form of qualitative, ethnographic research in health and education, this chapter uncovers disturbing potentials inherent in newer tropes of data portrayal (Morgan, Mienczakowski & King, 1999) whereby the misguided (albeit well-intentioned) use of performed health education research can be seen to have potentially deleterious effects on vulnerable informant collaborators and/or audients

Performing data with notions of responsibility

"Ethnodrama is a utilitarian concept used in understanding experiences of others and has wider impetus than health education (Saldana, 2003). Ethnodrama for us is a method and methodology synthesizing health and education fields where we combine qualitative research processes with action research, grounded theory and narrative (Denzin, 1997, Gray and Sinding, 2002) to provide data from which a script can be written that, in turn, becomes the basis of health theatre."--p. 451

The Bachelor of Learning Management (BLM) and Education Capability: Why we do not Prepare 'Teachers' Anymore

Trabalho final de mestrado integrado em Medicina (Cirurgia), apresentado à Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de CoimbraIntrodução: A Doença de Caroli é uma doença congénita rara em que há dilatação das vias biliares intra-hepáticas devido a uma malformação do prato ductal biliar. O diagnóstico surge muitas vezes como diagnóstico de exclusão. Os exames gold standard para o diagnóstico são a CPRE e a CPT, mas a CPRM tem sido utilizada com mais frequência. O tratamento inclui terapêutica de suporte, endoscópica e cirúrgica. Objetivos: Realizar um estudo retrospetivo dos doentes diagnosticados e tratados por esta doença nos CHUC comparando os resultados com a literatura internacional recente. Métodos: Análise retrospetiva dos exames histopatológicos hepáticos realizados nos CHUC entre 2000 e 2012. Resultados: Foram estudados onze doentes com o diagnóstico histológico confirmado de Doença de Caroli. Foram obtidas informações relativas à caracterização dos doentes, quadro clínico, diagnóstico da doença, tipo de doença, localização, exames complementares de diagnóstico e tratamento. Conclusões: Neste estudo verificou-se um atraso no tratamento destes doentes em virtude do diagnóstico tardio. A importância do reconhecimento precoce da doença resulta no tratamento atempado e redução da morbilidade e mortalidade.Introduction: Caroli's disease is a rare congenital disorder in which the intrahepatic bile ducts dilate due to a biliary ductal plate malformation. It is often a diagnosis of exclusion. The gold standard tests are the CPT and the CPRE, but the CPRE has been used more frequently. The treatment includes supportive, endoscopic and surgical therapy. Objectives: Conduct a retrospective study of patients diagnosed and treated for this disease at CHUC, comparing the results with actual international literature. Methods: Retrospective analysis of liver histopathological examinations performed at CHUC between 2000 and 2012. Results: Eleven patients with confirmed histologic diagnosis of Caroli's disease were studied. Information concerning to characterization of patients, clinical presentation, diagnosis, type of disease, location, diagnostic procedures and treatment were obtained. Conclusions: In this study occurred a delay in treatment for these patients due to the late diagnosis. The importance of early recognition of this disease lies in the timely treatment and reduction of morbidity and mortality

An act of subversion

In our experimentation with an innovative ethnographic form, through which we have sought to challenge our readers and audiences using our research-based offerings as the basis for ethnodramatic performance interactions, we may at times have had little understanding of the full range of implications of our creativity. Professional therapists have compulsory sets of guidelines and ethical protocols to which they refer, and may draw upon the wisdom and advice of peers and mentors by thumbing through the pages of their professional bibles. In the developmental and emergent spaces of social science research, which performance ethnography and health promotion - that which we have labeled ethnodrama - occupies, we are writing the guidelines as we go. That is, we are sometimes engaged in the retrospective application of efficacy to our research products: those scripts and performances which constitute the ethnodramatic report. This then, is not a confessional tale, but a recognition of some undesirable outcomes and new responsibilities emanating from performance ethnography

Extreme dilemmas in performance ethnography unleashed emotionality of performance in critical areas of suicide, abuse, and madness /

The use of drama to influence social, political, and health practices has a long and well-understood tradition, dating from Greek and classical times. Within the modern era, we can see that the works of Dario Fo, for example, represent not only fine examples of drama, but in addition represent a significant mode of political and cultural critique. The themes of such works as The Accidental Death of an Anarchist can be seen to resonate as strongly in contemporary society as they did in the 1970s in Italy. Similarly, ethnodrama, as first described by Mienczakowski,25 should be interpreted as the staged performance of cultural texts developed, written, and authenticated by health care patients, their associated health care specialists, academics, and the general public (as audience)