Role Theory and the Practice of Interprofessional Education: A Critical Appraisal

• In Event: 201 - Section on Medical Sociology Paper Session. Applications and Practice of Medical Sociology

Abstract

This theory-driven piece dissects the changing role(s) of the physician; how they have been shaped and altered over the past decades; and how structural shifts within, and external to, medicine and medical practice have had significant impact on the roles of doctors in society, including how these roles are perceived and determined. In examining these issues, we pay particular attention to medicine’s modern day professionalism movement and the move to team-based care as major influences on, and reflections of, these role changes.

Authors

• Barret Michalec, University of Delaware

• Fred Hafferty, Mayo Clinic