Quarantining From Professional Identity: How Did COVID-19 Impact Professional Identity Formation in Undergraduate Medical Education?

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Professional Identity Formation (PIF) entails the integration of a profession's core values and beliefs with an individual's existing identity and values. Within undergraduate medical education (UGME), the cultivation of PIF is a key objective. The COVID-19 pandemic brought about substantial sociocultural challenges to UGME. Existing explorations into the repercussions of COVID-19 on PIF in UGME have predominantly adopted an individualistic approach. We sought to examine how the COVID-19 pandemic influenced PIF in UGME from a sociocultural perspective. This study aims to provide valuable insights for effectively nurturing PIF in future disruptive scenarios.

Methods

Semi structured interviews were conducted with medical students from the graduating class of 2022

SUBMITTER: Rehman M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10885846 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature