Assessment of professional identity formation: a transcultural validation of the professional identity essay for brazilian portuguese.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Professional identity formation (PIF) is recognized worldwide as an outcome of medical education grounded in the psychology of adult development and the literature on medical professionalism. However, instruments to assess and support PIF are scarce. The Professional Identity Essay (PIE) is an open-ended question assessment of PIF that elicits short narrative responses from learners and that can be analyzed to provide formative feedback and an overall stage of development. In this study, our aim was to translate and adapt the PIE to Brazilian Portuguese.

Methods

We followed a systematic procedure for the translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the instrument. A pilot study was conducted with medical students from the University of São Paulo. After providing

SUBMITTER: Silveira GL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10559411 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature