A social learning perspective on the development of doctors in the UK National Health Service

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1617-1624

  Spilg, Edward ^a   Siebert, Sabina ^b   Martin, Graeme ^b  

^a NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communities of practice; Competence based development; Medical education; Physicians; Social learning; Trainers; UK

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; LEARNING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL LEARNING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATE MEDICINE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84865636313     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.06.014     Document Type: Article

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