Vocational thresholds: developing expertise without certainty in general practice medicine
This paper argues that particular experiences in the workplace are more important than others and can lead to transformational learning. This may enable practitioners to cross 'vocational thresholds' to new ways of being. A notion of 'vocational thresholds' is developed, aiming to help build an understanding of the most powerful learning experiences of general practitioners (GPs). Vocational thresholds takes its cue from the idea of 'threshold concepts' - concepts that transform perspectives and integrate previously disconnected or hidden knowledge, sometimes in ways that are 'troublesome' to ... Show more
Authors: Vaughan, Karen
Published: [Clayton, Victoria], CSIRO Publishing, 2016
Resource type: Article
Access item: https://doi.org/10.1071/HC15027 http://www.nzcer.org.nz/research/publications/developing-expertise-without-certainty-general-practice-medicine
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