Exploring threshold concepts in population health.

Transactional curriculum enquiry can offer insights into which population health concepts may be threshold and troublesome. The number of such concepts identified in this study may help explain why students often struggle to engage in population health learning. Understanding which concepts are threshold and particularly which are troublesome can help teachers to better support learners and can also inform curriculum design. If our students are to … take responsibility for populations as well as individuals … it is vital that they cross these fundamental thresholds in learning.