In pursuit of research

As doctoral researchers a.k.a. Ph.D. students, we are the so-called “researchers in training.” We took this path because we had a calling. More or less, we felt we had more to offer to science after getting our master’s degree – having that innate endless curiosity and the pre-requisite skills to come through; or so we…

Autoethnography in Nursing Research: A Reflective Journey into Personal and Professional Experiences

Writing about one’s experiences systematically and reflecting on them within the broader context of a particular culture is gaining popularity as a legitimate research method in health and social science research (Chang, 2016). This relatively new and controversial method of scientific writing is called autoethnography. Autoethnography is a research and writing method that systematically analyses…