The Healthcare professions discourse tend to share information on volunteering opportunities, providing preparation materials for entrance exams, guest speakers, and organizing healthcare discussions. The members of healthcare average 15 to 20 members a meeting, also the members meet almost every Thursday. Each member has their own unique profession in the medical field. Members receive emails and alerts for upcoming meetings and events. All members range from freshmen to seniors and welcomes anyone who is interested in joining.
I choose to write an ethnography on the Healthcare Professions discourse community because the variety of people who want to specialize in the health field. This discourse is also important to know who is willing to take the extra step closer to reaching their career. I choose the healthcare club because it is something I'm also interested in. I want to figure out if the newbies who know little about healthcare professions and the veterans of the discourse would help them decide whether or not they would continue their career in a program in a presentation they provided with a guest speaker. .
Methods.
While attending this meeting taking notes and visually analyzing body language, I had a voice recorder recording to help my analysis process. The voice recorder was also used to record my interviews with two members of the club. Asking a series of questions during the interviews helped me gain more knowledge about the club, their interest, and what was happening within the club. As I watch and listen to students, I'm also doing the same of the presenter they brought in to speak to members and others students. Alongside the presenter, I analyzed her power point presentation, and actions before and after the meeting. I also analyzed answers the presenter responded to members of the group. In my analysis, I used John Swales characteristics of a discourse community.
I looked at the ways communication is used within the discourse and its outside healthcare sources.
