Abstract
Although health professions education has philosophical roots, it has drifted far from its original moorings as the field has developed and is little-represented within contemporary health professions discourse. This can make philosophy seem difficult or daunting. In this introduction, we offer our thoughts regarding how to engage with philosophy within health professions education and so, as a result, how to engage with the chapters of this book. We consider the questions around what philosophy ‘is', why philosophy is necessary in health professions education, and how you might go about reading this book so that the insights of this volume might meaningfully affect your practice as a student, educator, researcher, or practitioner.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Applied Philosophy for Health Professions Education |
| Subtitle of host publication | A Journey Towards Mutual Understanding |
| Publisher | Springer Nature Switzerland AG |
| Pages | 1-7 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789811915123 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789811915116 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2022 |