Social Interaction and Professional Identity in Allied Healthcare Education (Studies in Social Interaction) - Softcover

Irene Walsh; Niamh Reynolds; Caroline Jagoe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1474403174 ISBN 13: 9781474403177

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2026

Synopsis

Analyses how professional identity is negotiated through social interaction in allied healthcare education and practice

• Presents key concepts and contexts of social interaction within allied healthcare education, both clinical and academic
• Analyses and interprets empirical reflective qualitative data from allied healthcare students and professionals
• Makes a case for the centrality of social interaction to the development of professional identity in allied healthcare education and practice

This book considers social interaction as both the means and conduit for professional identity development in Allied Healthcare Professional (AHCP) teaching and learning contexts, from the classroom to the clinic room and beyond. Concepts and contexts within AHCP education are presented before empirical data are discussed. Drawing on qualitative data from allied healthcare students and professionals within predominantly the disciplines of speech and language therapy, physiotherapy and occupational therapy, arguments are made for the recognition of social interaction as an explicit process integral to education in this healthcare sphere, yet often taken for granted or deemed a mere by-product of day-to-day activities in teaching and learning. Failing to recognise the value and force of social interaction in such contexts is detrimental to the development of discipline-specific and discipline-generic ways of honing a professional identity, as individuals both reflect upon and navigate the trajectory of their student and professional pathways.

About this title

About the Author

Irene P. Walsh is a Speech and Language Therapist and Retired Associate Professor from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland,Niamh Reynolds is a Speech and Language Therapist and Researcher at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland,Caroline Jagoe is a Speech and Language Therapist and Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Edition details

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1474403174
• ISBN 13: 9781474403177
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 184