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Christian Blickem
Research InterestsMy first degree was in Anthropology and I continue to favour an ethnographic approach to my research. My PhD thesis, drawing on my experiences as a researcher on a multidisciplinary research project in partnership with the NHS, explored the use of fictionalised patient narratives in the education of health professionals constructed using data from interviews with stroke patients and their carers. The thesis also included my own narrative in the form of firsthand field accounts as a sort of commentary on the process of conducting the research, presenting a contrasting perspective to conventional academic tone and giving colour and context by revealing the inner struggles of the researcher. I explore using alternative forms of writing in my work - I could be regarded as a writer of ‘ethnographic fiction' - and currently I am interested in using narrative as a pedagogical device to understand and represent the experience of chronic illness sufferers and their (re)construction of self. List of PublicationsBlickem, C & Priyadharshini, E (2007) "Patient narratives: The potential for patient-centred interprofessional learning?" Journal of Interprofessional Care, December, 21 (6), pp. 619-632. Sekules, V, Blickem, C and Peel, C (2006) "Method in our madness: Why we need to value research in art gallery education" Engage 18, Winter, 2006 pp. 44-52. Blickem, C & Priyadharshini, E (2006) "From the Objectifying Gaze to Compound Vision: Using Patient Narratives in the Education of Health Professionals" in John, K. Richards (Ed.), International Perspectives on Education and Training, pp. 251-264, Athens: ATINER, ISBN: 960-6672-03-4. Conference Papers delivered Blickem, C "Engaging young people in research: The Big Brother Diary Room as research method" presented at the Engage conference, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, January 2007. Blickem, C "Room with a view" presented at the Qualitative Enquiry conference, University of Illinois, May 2006. Blickem, C & Walker, B "Conspiracy and gossip as a form of enquiry" presented at the Discourse, Power and Resistance conference, Manchester Metropolitan University and Southampton University, April 2006. Blickem, C "Stories and narrative in health professional education" presented at ‘Where's the Patient's voice In Health Professional Education?' conference 2005, Vancouver Canada. Blickem, C & Priyadharshini, E (2005) "Using patient narratives in the education of health professionals" presented at the Athens Institute of Educational Research conference, Athens, Greece, 2005.
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