The Resurgence of Medical Education in Sociology: A Return to Our Roots and an Agenda for the Future.
J Health Soc Behav
; 62(3): 255-270, 2021 09.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1409985
ABSTRACT
From 1940 to 1980, studies of medical education were foundational to sociology, but attention shifted away from medical training in the late 1980s. Recently, there has been a marked return to this once pivotal topic, reflecting new questions and stakes. This article traces this resurgence by reviewing recent substantive research trends and setting the agenda for future research. We summarize four current research foci that reflect and critically map onto earlier projects in this subfield while driving theoretical development elsewhere in the larger discipline (1) professional socialization, (2) knowledge regimes, (3) stratification within the profession, and (4) sociology of the field of medical education. We then offer six potential future directions where more research is needed (1) inequalities in medical education, (2) socialization across the life course and new institutional forms of gatekeeping, (3) provider well-being, (4) globalization, (5) medical education as knowledge-based work, and (6) effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Sociology
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Education, Medical
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Health Soc Behav
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
0022146521996275
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