Nurturing professional identity through a community based education program: medical students experience.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Community-based education (CBE) has an impact on the types of medical students produced at the end of medical training. However, its impact on professional identity development (PID) has not been clearly understood. This study thus explores the effect of the CBE program on PID.

Methods

A qualitative phenomenological study was conducted on a group of Universiti Sains Malaysia medical students who had finished the Community and Family Case Study (CFCS) program. Data were gathered through focused group discussions and student reflective journals. Participants were sampled using the maximal variation technique of purposive sampling. Three steps of thematic analysis using the Atlasti software were employed to identify categories, subthemes, and themes.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Ahmad A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6694961 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature