Professional identity formation is a relatively new area of interest within health professional
education, gaining academic attention after the Carnegie Foundation Report on Medical …

Over the last decade, there has been a drive to emphasize professional identity formation in
medical education. This shift has had important and positive implications for the education of …

The teaching of professionalism is an established best practice in healthcare education. This
chapter highlights a more recent focus among educators in health professions to impart not …

Background: Professional identity, or how a doctor thinks of himself or herself as a doctor, is
considered to be as critical to medical education as the acquisition of skills and knowledge …

Phenomenon: Professional identity formation is a key component of health professional
education. Changing expectations of healthcare requires more than competencies, but also …

Becoming a doctor is fundamentally about developing a new, professional identity as a
physician, which in and of itself may evoke many emotions. Additionally, medical trainees …

Purpose Medical educators have expressed concern that students' professional identities do
not always align with their expectations or with professional standards. The authors propose …

Recent calls to focus on identity formation in medicine propose that educators establish as a
goal of medical education the support and guidance of students and residents as they …

Professional identity formation in medical education is referenced increasingly as an object
for educational reform. The authors introduce core concepts from two largely untapped …

Through a six-year qualitative study of medical residents, we build theory about professional
identity construction. We found that identity construction was triggered by work-identity …