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On identity, agency and (sub)culture

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Ideally, tomorrow's physicians will eschew group identities that are grounded in grievance and feelings of disempowerment in favour of those grounded in collaboration and shared problem solving. As we consider… Click to show full abstract

Ideally, tomorrow's physicians will eschew group identities that are grounded in grievance and feelings of disempowerment in favour of those grounded in collaboration and shared problem solving. As we consider how best to educate them, we may need to hold a little less tightly to traditional specialty-driven identities. We've become very good at training internists and surgeons and neurologists. We've been less successful training doctors who can move across contexts, sys-tems and teams. These refreshing research efforts to describe culture at the specialty level and to analyse how it influences education and practice are foundational steps in this effort.

Keywords: culture; sub culture; identity agency; agency sub

Journal Title: Medical Education
Year Published: 2022

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