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Several years ago, seven colleagues from the United States interested in the early professional development of novice physical therapists undertook a qualitative study to explore this under-investigated area of therapist learning and growth. We were building upon the work of Jensen and colleagues (1999, 2007) who had completed a landmark study of expertise in physical therapy practice in the U.S. Their work raised this intriguing question: What factors, internal or external, led some therapists toward growth into mastery yet not others? We decided to begin our search for answers by studying promising novice therapists during their first 3 years of practice. More details on the study design, methods and findings have been reported elsewhere (Black et al., 2010; Mostrom et al., 2011).
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Mostrom, E., Black, L. (2013). The Tale of Two Promising Novices. In: Higgs, J., Sheehan, D., Currens, J.B., Letts, W., Jensen, G.M. (eds) Realising Exemplary Practice-Based Education. Practice, Education, Work and Society, vol 7. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-188-7_16
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