tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: " Achieving professional status: Australian podiatrists' perceptions"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Achieving professional status: Australian podiatrists' perceptions. | Journal of Foot and Ankle Research BioMed Central Open Access Achieving professional status Australian podiatrists perceptions Alan M Borthwick 1 Susan A Nancarrow2 Wesley Vernon3 and Jeremy Walker3 Address 1School of Health Sciences University of Southampton Highfield Southampton UK 2Senior Research Fellow Centre for Health and Social Care Research Faculty of Health and Wellbeing Sheffield Hallam University Sheffield UK and Department of Podiatry Sheffield South West Primary Care Trust Sheffield UK Email Alan M Borthwick - ab12@ Susan ANancarrow - Wesley Vernon - Jeremy Walker - Corresponding author Published 13 February 2009 Received 15 September 2008 Accepted 13 February 2009 Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2009 2 4 doi l757-ll46-2-4 r This article is available from http content 2 l 4 2009 Borthwick et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background This paper explores the notion of professional status from the perspective of a sample of Australian podiatrists how it is experienced what factors are felt to affect it and how these are considered to influence professional standing within an evolving healthcare system. Underpinning sociological theory is deployed in order to inform and contextualise the study. Methods Data were drawn from a series of in-depth semi-structured interviews n 2l and focus groups n 9 with podiatrists from across four of Australia s eastern states Queensland New South Wales Victoria and Australian Capital Territory resulting in a total of 76 participants. Semi-structured interview schedules sought to explore podiatrist perspectives on a