Where do physicians start and end?. Issue 12 (December 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: H Ellaway, Rachel; Topps, David; Topps, Maureen
• Is Part Of: Medical education. Volume 50:Issue 12(2016)
• Page Start: 1224
• Page End: 1226
• Publication Date: 2016-12
• Subjects: Medical education -- Periodicals; Medical education -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 610.7
• DOI: 10.1111/medu.13095
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0308-0110

Abstract

Abstract: Medical education is primarily about training physicians and maintaining their capabilities over time. Given that physicians are the primary focus of the field, there is a need for a clear idea of what physicians are or could be. This paper seeks to explore this issue by posing the simple question: ?Where do physicians start and end?' In doing so, the authors explore a series of different conceptual frames, including those of a physician's physical dimensions, their cellular boundaries, personal intentions and beliefs, professional identity, regulation, entrustability, professional performance, extended cognition, and disability. This existential look at the concept of a physician demonstrates the plurality of medical education scholarship and the implications of the many intersecting points of view in the field. Abstract : Discuss ideas arising from the article atwww.mededuc.com discuss.