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  • Medical Education
  • Physician Training
  • Scholarly Research

Background:

  • Medical education focuses on training and maintaining physician capabilities.
  • A clear definition of a physician's scope is needed.
  • Existing scholarship lacks a unified concept of the physician.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the boundaries and definition of a physician.
  • To examine the concept of a physician through various conceptual frames.
  • To highlight the plurality in medical education scholarship.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of the physician's role.
  • Exploration of diverse perspectives including physical, cellular, cognitive, and professional aspects.
  • Literature review on medical education scholarship.

Main Results:

  • Physicians can be conceptualized through multiple lenses: physical, cellular, intentional, professional identity, regulation, entrustability, performance, cognition, and disability.
  • The concept of a physician is not monolithic but pluralistic.
  • Intersections of these viewpoints reveal complexities in medical education.

Conclusions:

  • Defining the physician requires acknowledging a wide array of intersecting perspectives.
  • Medical education scholarship benefits from understanding this plurality.
  • Further research can explore the practical implications of these diverse conceptualizations.