Sevasti Panagiota Glynou, Christina Anna Petmeza, Ariadni Georgiannakis, Sara Sousi, Alexander Zargaran, David Zargaran, Afshin Mosahebi
Perceptions, awareness and influences of medical students towards plastic surgery: A systematic review
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health advocacy established physician role educational attention advocacy individual patient level public advocacyefforts effect change level communities populations societyremains poorly defined concept whose educational foundation underdeveloped enrich understanding public advocacy explored professionals two disciplinesmedicine lawhave approached tasks experienced challenges using constructivist grounded theory interviewed 18 professionals nine physicians eight lawyers one qualified disciplines engage public advocacy used constant comparison throughout iterative process data collection analysis develop understanding means professional public domain public advocacy work occurs intersection personal professional identities lawyers perceived public advocacy embedded element professional identity physicians often viewed outside core professional scope nonetheless professional identity influenced groups conducted work physicians likely draw professional attitudes eg orientation towards evidence trusted social position lawyers likely draw professional skills eg building argument litigating test cases work requires courage often demands individuals tolerate personal professional risk medicine enshrined advocacy competency frameworks legal profession whose practitioners fully embrace advocacy intrinsic professional identity suggesting roles difficult engineer impose collaboration across publicfacing professions like medicine law creates opportunities reimagine public advocacy identify skills required well refresh educational strategies