Victoria Luong

Apr 27, 2024 | asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Victoria Luong |Rola Ajjawi |Sarah Burm |Rebecca Olson

1 INTRODUCTION Brown and colleagues argue that philosophy, as a ‘clarifying and meaning-producing discipline’1(p.3) has been underutilised within health professions education. Yet, their work stands as a testament to the capacity of philosophical ideas to revolutionise the way medical educators think about taken-for-granted practices and assumptions within this field.

Mar 4, 2024 | asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Rola Ajjawi |Margaret Bearman |Bridget O'Brien |Victoria Luong

1 INTRODUCTION Many consider qualitative research to be the study of experience. In a sense, this is true: Qualitative data relies on the recounting of experiences for research purposes. But this does not mean the research is about lived experiences. Indeed, the term lived experience is often used loosely, co-mingling various conceptions and research approaches. This reduces the meaningfulness of lived experience as a focus of research—it becomes everything and nothing.