Cross-Appointments
Fields of Study
- Medical Anthropology
- North America
Areas of Interest
Areas of Interest / Research keywords: Qualitative Research and Ethnography; Medical Anthropology; Health Services Research; Trauma and Surgery
Research Region: North America
Biography
Dr. Gotlib Conn is a medical anthropologist whose research applies anthropological theory and methods to the study of healthcare culture. Over the last decade, her academic research has focused on understanding the cultural and social contexts for healthcare improvements in the areas of interprofessional collaboration, communication and teamwork. With expertise in ethnography, she has examined healthcare team communication in several clinical domains: general internal medicine, primary care, pediatrics, surgery and critical care. Her most recent focus is the improvement of inter-specialty team communication in surgery and critical care. Through the use of ethnography, she has furthered our understanding of the role that specialty-specific power and knowledge play in negotiating high quality and safe patient care in the ICU. In addition, Dr. Gotlib Conn is working to strengthen advances in the care of severely injured patients by examining how trauma centers use performance data to effect change in care processes and improve patient outcomes. Currently, she is identifying opportunities for improvement in discharge and care transitions processes for trauma patients and examining long term outcomes for older adult trauma survivors.
Prior Education:
- BA, 1998, anthropology, Western University, Canada
- MA, 1999, anthropology, University of Toronto, Canada
- PhD, 2004, anthropology, U of T, Canada
- Collaborative program in women and gender studies, 2004, U of T, Canada
CV: available upon request