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Video-reflexive ethnography (VRE): a promising methodology for interprofessional collaborative practice research

This issue of the Journal of Interprofessional Care presents exceptional research undertaken by Carroll et al. (2021) in the USA and Pedersen and Mesman (2021) in the Netherlands utilizing Video-Reflexive Ethnography (VRE). Carroll et al. present research completed at the Mayo Clinic involving the breast cancer surgery team and the frozen section laboratory team in scrutinizing video footage of their interprofessional collaborative practice: breast tissue is surgically removed and sent to the lab for testing, and biopsy results are made available soon after to the surgeons to enable them to decide whether to finish their operation or continue the surgery. The clinical outcomes of this Mayo Clinic practice include the lowest reoperation rates for breast lumpectomy in the USA. Pedersen and Mesman (2021) delve deeper into the underlying methodological assumptions and arugments for VRE, using an example from a video-reflexive meeting at a neonatology ward in a Dutch hospital during which clinicians discussed the use of sterile gloves. Specifically, Pedersen and Mesman draw on John Dewey’s writings to position patient safety, and interprofessional collaborative practice, as a transactional accomplishment dependent on situated and shared habits whereby humans and their environments are inseparably linked. It is important to note that the health professionals’ participation in these video studies was not motivated by an incident, nor by their conviction of being able to having achieved an exemplary standard. They participated out of interest in what a videoed perspective on their practice might yield, no doubt in light of VRE enjoying growing popularity in health care improvement initiatives around the globe (Iedema et al., 2019).