Veterinary professional identity: Conceptual analysis and location in a practice theory framework.

Scholz, E; Trede, F

Veterinary professional identity: Conceptual analysis and location in a practice theory framework.

Scholz, E Trede, F

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Publisher:: Frontiers
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Front Vet Sci, 2023, 10, pp. 1041475
Issue Date:: 2023

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dc.contributor.author	Scholz, E
dc.contributor.author	Trede, F https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6638-2609
dc.date.accessioned	2023-03-20T22:47:32Z
dc.date.available	2023-01-23
dc.date.available	2023-03-20T22:47:32Z
dc.date.issued	2023
dc.identifier.citation	Front Vet Sci, 2023, 10, pp. 1041475
dc.identifier.issn	2297-1769
dc.identifier.issn	2297-1769
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/167817
dc.description.abstract	Professional, social, and cultural issues and phenomena of veterinary practice are now established areas of commentary and interest in research, education, professional publications and even in the mainstream media. Despite the availability of theoretically informed literature in diverse relevant domains and disciplines including professional practice, workplace learning, and medical sociology and anthropology, commentary and research on veterinary practice issues and phenomena remains dominated by clinician-educators and clinician-policymakers. Reflecting the clinical disciplinary traditions, there is a resulting over-representation of individualistic, positivist perspectives and under-theorized research studies. In this paper we provide an interdisciplinary theoretical framework for veterinary practice and veterinary professional identity grounded in a practice theory perspective. We begin by arguing for the need for such a framework by scoping veterinary practice in its contemporary social context. We go on to provide a sociocultural framing of veterinary practice, underlining the mutual constitution of individuals and the social world through participation in practices and taking into consideration important concepts including knowledge, institutions, ethics, and embodiment. We assert the importance of professional identity as a core phenomenon of veterinary practice, constituted by making meaning of professional practice experiences, especially through narrative and dialogue. This practice theory framework for veterinary practice and veterinary professional identity development provides rich opportunities for understanding, researching, and enacting diverse activities and phenomena, especially learning, development and change within and beyond formal educational settings.
dc.format	Electronic-eCollection
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Frontiers
dc.relation.ispartof	Front Vet Sci
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.3389/fvets.2023.1041475
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	0707 Veterinary Sciences
dc.title	Veterinary professional identity: Conceptual analysis and location in a practice theory framework.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	10
utslib.location.activity	Switzerland
utslib.for	0707 Veterinary Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Teaching and Learning)
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
dc.date.updated	2023-03-20T22:47:31Z
pubs.publication-status	Published online
pubs.volume	10

Abstract:

Professional, social, and cultural issues and phenomena of veterinary practice are now established areas of commentary and interest in research, education, professional publications and even in the mainstream media. Despite the availability of theoretically informed literature in diverse relevant domains and disciplines including professional practice, workplace learning, and medical sociology and anthropology, commentary and research on veterinary practice issues and phenomena remains dominated by clinician-educators and clinician-policymakers. Reflecting the clinical disciplinary traditions, there is a resulting over-representation of individualistic, positivist perspectives and under-theorized research studies. In this paper we provide an interdisciplinary theoretical framework for veterinary practice and veterinary professional identity grounded in a practice theory perspective. We begin by arguing for the need for such a framework by scoping veterinary practice in its contemporary social context. We go on to provide a sociocultural framing of veterinary practice, underlining the mutual constitution of individuals and the social world through participation in practices and taking into consideration important concepts including knowledge, institutions, ethics, and embodiment. We assert the importance of professional identity as a core phenomenon of veterinary practice, constituted by making meaning of professional practice experiences, especially through narrative and dialogue. This practice theory framework for veterinary practice and veterinary professional identity development provides rich opportunities for understanding, researching, and enacting diverse activities and phenomena, especially learning, development and change within and beyond formal educational settings.

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