To define or not to define: a commentary on 'The case for metacognitive reflection'.

Abstract

In this commentary, the authors comment on a recent paper that argued for clear definitions of metacognition, reflection, and metacognitive reflection. Challenging the notion that exclusive definitions are essential to the sciences of health professions education, the authors argue for approaches that define conceptual spaces in which different definitional positions can coexist and scholarship based on similarity rather than identity can be pursued.