Professional identity formation within Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships: a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Professional identity development is an area of contemporary interest within medical education. It can be defined as 'the foundational process one experiences during the transformation from lay person to physician'. In order for this transformation to occur, medical values and principles are internalised. A robust professional identity is key to confident practice as a medical professional. As such, research regarding what works to encourage identity development is popular. New models of educational delivery, such as the increasingly popular Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship model (LICs), present an interesting opportunity to investigate impact on identity. As no previous literature reviews focus on identity development within LICs, it is unclear what is already known ab

SUBMITTER: Brown ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7382026 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature