From leader to peer – specializing physicians’ understanding of their multiple positions in interprofessional health care teams
Introduction This exploratory qualitative study aims to uncover the identity work in interprofessional (IP) team interaction to understand specializing physicians’ (SP) professional identities by analyzing how they position themselves in relation to others through the lens of positioning theory.Meth...
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| description | Introduction This exploratory qualitative study aims to uncover the identity work in interprofessional (IP) team interaction to understand specializing physicians’ (SP) professional identities by analyzing how they position themselves in relation to others through the lens of positioning theory.Method The data for this study consist of 65 self-reflexive essays written by SPs during their mandatory leadership studies.Results Altogether, five distinct physician positions (peer, coordinator, leader, medical expert, and decision-maker) and two distinct storylines (teamwork as communication vs. teamwork as an organizational tool) were identified during the positioning analysis.Discussion The wide range of physician positions reveals how diversely and dynamically SPs adapt leadership as part of their professional identity and reframes future studies to explore how SPs construct the dimensions of their professional identity rather than whether they do so. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b57dba6e39374d0eb71d1b1e2e24df442025-07-18T16:31:59ZengTaylor & Francis GroupMedical Education Online1087-29812025-12-0130110.1080/10872981.2025.2534058From leader to peer – specializing physicians’ understanding of their multiple positions in interprofessional health care teamsEmma Sallinen0Leena Mikkola1Stephanie Fox2Heli Parviainen3Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, FinlandFaculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, FinlandDepartment of Communication, University of Montreal, Montreal, CanadaFaculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, FinlandIntroduction This exploratory qualitative study aims to uncover the identity work in interprofessional (IP) team interaction to understand specializing physicians’ (SP) professional identities by analyzing how they position themselves in relation to others through the lens of positioning theory.Method The data for this study consist of 65 self-reflexive essays written by SPs during their mandatory leadership studies.Results Altogether, five distinct physician positions (peer, coordinator, leader, medical expert, and decision-maker) and two distinct storylines (teamwork as communication vs. teamwork as an organizational tool) were identified during the positioning analysis.Discussion The wide range of physician positions reveals how diversely and dynamically SPs adapt leadership as part of their professional identity and reframes future studies to explore how SPs construct the dimensions of their professional identity rather than whether they do so.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/10872981.2025.2534058Interprofessional communicationresidentsleadershipprofessional identity formationpositioning theory |
| spellingShingle | Emma Sallinen Leena Mikkola Stephanie Fox Heli Parviainen From leader to peer – specializing physicians’ understanding of their multiple positions in interprofessional health care teams Medical Education Online Interprofessional communication residents leadership professional identity formation positioning theory |
| title | From leader to peer – specializing physicians’ understanding of their multiple positions in interprofessional health care teams |
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| title_short | From leader to peer – specializing physicians’ understanding of their multiple positions in interprofessional health care teams |
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| topic | Interprofessional communication residents leadership professional identity formation positioning theory |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/10872981.2025.2534058 |
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