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Leading Article

Learning to become a primary care professional: insights from threshold concept theory

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Pages 5-8 | Received 13 Aug 2018, Accepted 04 Oct 2018, Published online: 17 Oct 2018
 

ABSTRACT

Threshold Concepts are fundamental ideas within a discipline which are transformative, integrative, irreversible and usually troublesome. This article describes the threshold concept framework and discusses how it can offer new insights into how we focus teaching and facilitate learning around these concepts, such as uncertainty. Relevant research from a range of health disciplines are explored to consider which concepts may be critical to thinking and practising effectively in primary care. In addition, it is proposed that threshold concepts may have relevance to the GP recruitment crisis.

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