• Teach Learn Med · Jan 2013

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    Professional identity in medical students: pedagogical challenges to medical education.

    • Ian Wilson, Leanne S Cowin, Maree Johnson, and Helen Young.
    • a Medical Education , University of Western Sydney School of Medicine , Campbelltown , Australia.
    • Teach Learn Med. 2013 Jan 1; 25 (4): 369-73.

    BackgroundProfessional 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 relevant to patient care.SummaryThis article examines contemporary literature on the development of professional identity within medicine. Relevant theories of identity construction are explored and their application to medical education and pedagogical approaches to enhancing students' professional identity are proposed. The influence of communities of practice, role models, and narrative reflection within curricula are examined.ConclusionsMedical education needs to be responsive to changes in professional identity being generated from factors within medical student experiences and within contemporary society.

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