Becoming and Being a Physician - A Developmental Journey

Structured around personal stories, this book provides a rigorous review of current thinking and research on the physician life cycle. It considers the trajectories and factors that influence a doctor's development over decades of a medical career.

List of contents

Preface
List of figures
List of tables
About the Authors
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Prologue: Rita Charon
Introduction: The Hidden Patient: An Incident that Changed my Professional Life
1. Developmental Theories: Stages, Transitions, and Liminality
2. Adult Learning and Continuous Medical Education: The Practice Years
3. Expertise, Clinical Reasoning, Deliberate Practice, and Phronesis
4. Moral and Character Development
5. Narrative, Storytelling, and Reflection: The Handling of Emotions
6. Developmental Issues, Remediation, and the Wounded Healer
7. Gender, Race, and Core Identities, Bias, Discrimination, and Mistreatment
8. The Impact of COVID-19 on the Doctor's Life Cycle
9. Professional Identity Formation: Incorporating Professionalism and Care
10. Discussion
Epilogue: Ronald M. Epstein
Appendix
Index

About the author

Shmuel P. Reis, MD, MHPE, is a family physician and Professor of Medical Education at the Holon Institute of Technology, Holon, and the Center for Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University/Hadassah, Jerusalem, Israel.
Adina L. Kalet, MD, MPH, is a general internist and Professor of Medicine and Medical Education at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA.
W. Wayne Weston, MD, CCFP, FCFP, is Emeritus Professor of Family Medicine at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at Western University in Ontario, Canada.

Product details

• Authors: Adina L. Kalet, Shmuel P. Reis, Weston W. Wayne
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032830568
• ISBN: 978-1-032-83056-8
• No. of pages: 206
• Weight: 440 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; MEDICAL / Test Preparation & Review, Teaching skills and techniques, Teaching skills & techniques, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Medical study & revision guides & reference material, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, Medical study and revision guides and reference material, EDUCATION / Teaching / Methods & Strategies