The Ritual
By Eve Purdy (@purdy_eve) Author’s note: As a disclaimer, I am not a surgical resident and have lived the experience in the OR only as an outsider ...
A rant on “pimping” and social capital
By Eve Purdy (@purdy_eve) Every resident has one, or more likely a few, moments that they wish they could take back. Sometimes they relate to patient ...
Participant observation to enhance learning
By Eve Purdy (@purdy_eve) Participant observation is “the description of events, behaviours, and artifacts in a social setting”[1]- it is the cornerstone ...
FIFE-ing your way through Anthropology and Medicine
By Eve Purdy (@purdy_eve) I realized during one of my master’s courses that anthropology is at the core of one of the most ubiquitous teaching tools ...
Cultivating Belongingness in Clerkship and Beyond
By Eve Purdy (@purdy_eve) Anthropologists are fascinated by the concept of belonging – social membership in a particular group. How do individuals ...
Doing Gender: An Anthropologist’s Look at Gender in #CBME
(During our annual general meeting of the editorial board, we realized that our editorial board was unbalanced and did not include a trainee’s perspective. ...
Mind the Gap: differential use of online education resources between residents and program directors
(The guest post this week is from Eve Purdy, a final year medical student at Queen’s University. She discusses how technology is changing learning ...