Becoming a Doctor in Different Cultures: Toward a Cross-Cultural Approach to Supporting Professional Identity Formation in Medicine
Journal
Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
Journal Volume
92
Journal Issue
1
Pages
58
Date Issued
2017-01
Author(s)
Abstract
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 are increasingly moving from one cultural context to another and are challenged with navigating the resulting shifts in their professional identify. In this Article, the authors aim to address medical professional identity formation from a polyvocal, multidisciplinary, cross-cultural perspective. They delineate the cultural approaches to medical professionalism, reflect on professional identity formation in different cultures and on different theories of identity development, and advocate for a context-specific approach to professional identity formation. In doing so, the authors aim to broaden the developing professional identity formation discourse to include non-Western approaches and notions.
Subjects
EDUCATION; STUDENTS; CONSTRUCTION; EMOTION; MODEL; SELF; CARE
SDGs
Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
Type
journal article