Ethnography for Healthcare Improvement Summer School

Datum
23. Feb­ru­ar – 25. Feb­ru­ar 2025 

Sum­mer School at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Leices­ter, UK

Ethnog­ra­phy for Health­care Improve­ment Sum­mer School
23rd-25th July 2025
Orga­nized by the SAPPHIRE (Social Sci­ence APPlied Health & Improve­ment Research)
Uni­ver­si­ty of Leicester

This short course is designed for researchers and doc­tor­al stu­dents to crit­i­cal­ly engage with the the­o­ry and prac­tice of ethnog­ra­phy in health­care set­tings. Over 3 days, you will learn more about the use of ethnog­ra­phy for health­care improve­ment, from design­ing research to man­ag­ing improve­ment and eval­u­a­tion ten­sions, nav­i­gat­ing dif­fer­ent con­texts, reach­ing audi­ences and influ­enc­ing pol­i­cy and prac­tice. Addi­tion­al­ly, you will have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to devel­op a net­work of fel­low prac­ti­tion­ers and researchers with shared method­olog­i­cal inter­ests, work with expe­ri­enced ethno­g­ra­phers as men­tors, and join an inter­na­tion­al com­mu­ni­ty of prac­tice around ethnog­ra­phy for health­care improve­ment. The cost of the 3 day course, includ­ing all edu­ca­tion mate­ri­als and activ­i­ties, plus lunch and refresh­ments both days, is £1000. Trans­port to and from the venue and accom­mo­da­tion at Col­lege Court is not includ­ed and should you wish to stay you will have to arrange this your­self. Fur­ther infor­ma­tion about accom­mo­da­tion at Col­lege Court will be made avail­able to del­e­gates in advance of the start of the course.

Reg­is­tra­tions are strict­ly lim­it­ed, and are now open at https://shop.le.ac.uk/product-catalogue/events-at-leicester/health-sciences/ethnography-for-health-care-improvement-summer-school-2025; book­ings will close 30th May 2025. A wait­ing list will be main­tained in the event of the course being over-subscribed. 

Please for­ward any ques­tions to Jen­nifer Creese, course lead: jennifer.creese@leicester.ac.uk.