‘I'm Just the Sunday Boy!’: Exploring the role of uncertainty in 'becoming' a pharmacist

......................................................................................... II CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCING THE STUDY ............................................. 1 THE PERSONAL CONTEXT ........................................................................... 2 THE PROFESSIONAL CONTEXT ...................................................................... 5 THE REGISTERED PHARMACIST .................................................................... 6 CONCEPTUALISING PROFESSIONAL ................................................................ 8 CHANGING NOTIONS OF PHARMACY AS PROFESSION ......................................... 14 THE CHANGING NATURE OF PROFESSIONAL REGULATION ................................... 20 SUMMARY ........................................................................................... 24 STRUCTURE OF THESIS ............................................................................ 26 CHAPTER 2 – SITUATING THE STUDY IN THE LITERATURE ............... 28 PROFESSIONALISM IN PHARMACY ................................................................ 29 PROFESSIONAL SOCIALISATION.................................................................. 32 APPROACHES TO TEACHING PROFESSIONALISM IN PHARMACY .............................. 36 White Coat Ceremonies .................................................................... 38 e-Professionalism ............................................................................ 39 ASSESSING PROFESSIONALISM IN PHARMACY ................................................. 42 CONCEPTUALISING PROFESSIONALISM ......................................................... 46 PHARMACY EDUCATION AS A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE ..................................... 51 BECOMING AS A METAPHOR ...................................................................... 56 RESEARCHING PROFESSIONALISM IN PHARMACY .............................................. 57 SUMMARY ........................................................................................... 58