The practice of reflexivity is widely recognized in ethnographic research as a strategy to identify and explore a researcher's self-knowledge, beliefs, experiences, and their influence on research. In this article, I explore my journey from a practising pharmacist to a researcher within an ethnographic informed study pertaining to patients with chronic diseases and their medication intake behaviour. Ethnography allowed me to explore the lived experiences of ten participants using a smart medication adherence product. Through in-depth at home observations, photo-elicitation and semi-structured interviews over a period of 6 months, I was able to gather the invisible meanings associated with their in-home medication intake process. Extensive field notes were written after each home visit in addition to a reflexive journal documenting my inner thoughts, questions and reflections. A key finding of this activity was the intersectionality of my profession with race and gender, something I had not anticipated. Secondly, my social location as a woman and person of color resulted in questions being asked of me that was unexpected and at times left me feeling uncertain and uncomfortable. I entered this study believing that the boundary I erected between my roles of pharmacist and researcher would ensure clarity, and perhaps a sense of protection to some degree. I now realize this may have been naive and by relinquishing control of these roles, I was able to gain a deeper understanding of myself, my role as a clinician/researcher, and the older adults I serve as a pharmacist. Being reflexive during the study period offered me an opportunity to first identify and then analyze my beliefs and how they may impact the information I gathered during fieldwork. The practice of reflexivity is a critical tool for clinician-researchers and should be practiced throughout the course of fieldwork.

反思性的实践在人种学研究中被广泛认为是一种识别和探索研究人员的自我知识、信念、经验及其对研究影响的策略。在这篇文章中，我探索了我从执业药剂师到研究人员的旅程，该研究涉及慢性病患者及其药物摄入行为的人种学知情研究。民族志使我能够使用智能药物依从性产品探索十名参与者的生活经历。通过为期 6 个月的深入在家观察、照片引出和半结构化访谈，我能够收集与他们在家服药过程相关的无形含义。每次家访后，除了记录我内心想法、问题和反思的反思性日记外，还写了大量的实地笔记。这项活动的一个重要发现是我的职业与种族和性别的交叉性，这是我没有预料到的。其次，我作为女性和有色人种的社会地位导致有人问我出乎意料的问题，有时让我感到不确定和不舒服。我参加了这项研究，相信我在药剂师和研究人员的角色之间建立的界限将确保清晰，并且在某种程度上可能会产生一种保护感。我现在意识到这可能是幼稚的，通过放弃对这些角色的控制，我能够更深入地了解自己、我作为临床医生/研究人员的角色以及我作为药剂师服务的老年人。在学习期间的反思让我有机会首先确定并分析我的信念，以及它们如何影响我在实地调查中收集的信息。反思性的实践是临床医生研究人员的重要工具，应该在整个实地工作过程中进行实践。