Concern that high levels of pluralism within IS have frustrated the development of a strong identity are evident in the literature. Rather than proposing an identity for IS, this paper uses theory and research from occupational sociology and the sociology of professions to analyze the processes involved in establishing boundaries for the field, for defining errors of inclusion and exclusion, an...

The purpose of this paper is to explore attitudes towards IT among various categories of health care staff; health care professions. We will identify problem areas that may be the reasons for why different attitudes among different professions at a healthcare organisation exist, and subsequently we will analyse how this may have impact on how to make sense of IT use. The research question is: W...

This report sets out to illustrate the origin of family incomes and abilities of those entering into the Professions across time. It is for submission to the Panel for Fair Access to the Professions.

In this personal essay, the author reflects on experiences in global health professions education projects, and the moral reasoning that might be required to define explicitly what constitutes ethical participation. Three interrelated notions are explored: The decision to engage or not through a discussion of the concepts of safety, understanding power dynamics, and analysis of personal and ins...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Communication is object of increasing attention in the health professions. Teaching communication competencies should already begin in undergraduate education or pre-registration training. The aim of this project was to translate the Health Professions Core Communication Curriculum (HPCCC), an English catalogue of learning objectives, into German to make its content widely ac...

This cross-national comparison study of four health professions is based on review and analysis of professional policy documents and explores the way these selected professions integrate and structure patient education as a professional function. Factors that are internal and external to each of these professions are discussed and compared between the two countries. Professional policy document...

Allied health professionals are a diverse group of health care workers who provide necessary services to patients in addition to, or in place of, services provided by physicians, nurses, and medical paraprofessionals. Two forces generating increased demand for allied health professionals are the aging of the US population and health care reform associated with the implementation of the Patient ...

Rationale and aims The study of health professions education in the context of complexity science and complex adaptive systems involves different concepts and terminology that are likely to be unfamiliar to many health professions educators. A list of selected key terms and definitions from the literature of complexity science is provided to assist readers to navigate familiar territory from a ...

Searching cognitive predictors of effective professional development need for the HR practice and science cognitive research. This study is directed towards a definition of integration of intellectual abilities as predictors of practical success in different professions. Correlation between the level of psychometric intelligence structures, creativity and implicit learning in different professi...