TY - JOUR AU - Bikker, A.P. AU - Atherton, H. AU - Brant, H. AU - Porqueddu, T. AU - Campbell, J.L. AU - Gibson, A. AU - McKinstry, B. AU - Salisbury, C. AU - Ziebland, S. PY - 2017 DA - 2017/09/12 TI - Conducting a team-based multi-sited focused ethnography in primary care JO - BMC Medical Research Methodology SP - 139 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - Focused ethnography is an applied and pragmatic form of ethnography that explores a specific social phenomenon as it occurs in everyday life. Based on the literature a problem-focused research question is formulated before the data collection. The data generation process targets key informants and situations so that relevant results on the pre-defined topic can be obtained within a relatively short time-span. As part of a theory based evaluation of alternative forms of consultation (such as video, phone and email) in primary care we used the focused ethnographic method in a multisite study in general practice across the UK. To date there is a gap in the literature on using focused ethnography in healthcare research. SN - 1471-2288 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-017-0422-5 DO - 10.1186/s12874-017-0422-5 ID - Bikker2017 ER -