Research in the domain of Education and Health Care Systems emphasizes how people learn through their relationships with others within complex institutional systems. People work and learn interdependently, through their interactions with other people, ideas, objects and structures that influence them, not only in terms of their cognitive and individual capacities. This interdependence is theorized using social science concepts that address the mutual influence of cognitive processes and social interaction on shaping human behaviour. This research domain is comprised of two major sub-themes: the manifestation and impact of expectations, relationships, and greater societal influences on health professions education; and the relationship between formal health professions education, informal clinically-based education, and wider institutional and societal contexts. Examples of this work include understanding how work-based socialization impacts learning the norms and expectations of clinical occupations and learning coordination and organizational skills in complex, inter-professional institutional contexts. A core concern of research in this domain is how work and learning happen simultaneously, at times implicitly and unbeknownst to the health professionals, managers, staff and patients involved.
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