It is often the case that good teachers just “intuitively” know how to teach. Whilst that may be
true, there is now a greater need to understand the various processes that underpin both the …

Abstract Issue Threshold Concepts are increasingly used and researched within health
professions education. First proposed by Meyer and Land in 2003, they can be defined as …

Objectives Socialisation theories of professional identity formation (PIF) consider clinical
rotations to be critically intense transformative experiences. However, few studies have …

Background: Threshold skills are defined as new ways of thinking about and performing in a
discipline. They represent transformed ways of thinking and doing that are pivotal to …

Threshold Concepts are fundamental ideas within a discipline which are transformative,
integrative, irreversible and usually troublesome. This article describes the threshold …

This chapter invites readers across disciplines to consider the place of affect within the
Threshold Concepts Framework. We explore affect as it has been addressed in the …

ABSTRACT Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (LIC) are known to provide several
pedagogical advantages including transformational educational experiences. The study …

Abstract Background: Threshold concepts (TCs) are defined as ideas within a discipline that
are often conceptually difficult (“troublesome”), but when learned, transform a learner's …

October 2017• Volume 125• Number 4 www. anesthesia-analgesia. org 1387 a sense of
loss for the old, safe space and as an “in-between” state induces coping mechanisms to deal …

Introduction: Experience in palliative medicine provides a beneficial learning opportunity for
doctors-in-training. There is, however, a gap in understanding which aspects of learning are …