Concepts are general ideas regarding how the world and empirical observations relate – they are the definitional terms (e.g. of coaching) that are the basis for theory-building.
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Varpio L, Paradis E, Uijtdehaage S, Young M. The distinctions between theory, theoretical framework, and conceptual framework. Academic Medicine. 2020 Jul 1;95(7):989-94.