Becoming a Different Doctor

Abstract

This work arose from some early conversations around a related PhD thesis and a sharing of some concurrent interest in Meyer and Land’s theoretical framework of threshold concepts (Meyer & Land, 2006; Meyer & Land, 2005). We talked widely about clinical communication skills, the processes of change in learning, and the clinical setting of palliative care where Anne worked. In many ways this was the perfect storm of serendipity, a clearly transformative learning setting and a desire to explore Threshold Concepts in a practice context.