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Knowledge, expertise, craft, and practice: becoming and being a cycle technician (2022)
Journal Article
Tummons, J. (2024). Knowledge, expertise, craft, and practice: becoming and being a cycle technician. Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 76(4), 928-945. https://doi.org/10.1080/13636820.2022.2132527

This paper provides an account of the everyday workplace learning of cycle technicians. Derived from an ethnography of working cultures and practices at a bike shop in the North of England, this paper rests on a critical reading of Communities of Pra... Read More about Knowledge, expertise, craft, and practice: becoming and being a cycle technician.

Negotiating humanity: an ethnography of cadaver-based simulation (2022)
Journal Article
MacLeod, A., Cameron, P., Luong, V., Kovacs, G., Patrick, L., Fredeen, M., Kits, O., & Tummons, J. (2023). Negotiating humanity: an ethnography of cadaver-based simulation. Advances in Health Sciences Education, 28(1), 181-203. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-022-10152-4

Human body donation (HBD) serves an essential function in many medical schools, particularly in institutions where people engage in cadaver-based simulation (CBS) as a pedagogical approach. The people who facilitate HBD and CBS have a highly speciali... Read More about Negotiating humanity: an ethnography of cadaver-based simulation.

The Lifecycle of a Clinical Cadaver: A Practice-Based Ethnography (2022)
Journal Article
MacLeod, A., Luong, V., Cameron, P., Kovacs, G., Fredeen, M., Patrick, L., Kits, O., & Tummons, J. (2022). The Lifecycle of a Clinical Cadaver: A Practice-Based Ethnography. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 34(5), 556-572. https://doi.org/10.1080/10401334.2022.2092111

PhenomenonCadavers have long played an important and complex role in medical education. While research on cadaver-based simulation has largely focused on exploring student attitudes and reactions or measuring improvements in procedural performance, t... Read More about The Lifecycle of a Clinical Cadaver: A Practice-Based Ethnography.