title: Becoming a Doctor in Different Cultures: Toward a Cross-Cultural Approach to Supporting Professional Identity Formation in Medicine.
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.
authors: E. Helmich is assistant professor, Center for Evidence Based Education, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and senior researcher, Center for Education Development and Research in Health Professions, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands. H.-M. Yeh is attending physician, Department of Anesthesiology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. A. Kalet is professor of medicine and surgery and director of research on medical education outcomes, Division of General Internal Medicine and Clinical Innovation, Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York. M. Al-Eraky is assistant professor of medical education, University of Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia, and founding member, Medical Education Development Centre, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.
authors: Esther
authors: E
authors: Helmich
authors: Huei-Ming
authors: HM
authors: Yeh
authors: Adina
authors: A
authors: Kalet
authors: Mohamed
authors: M
authors: Al-Eraky
mesh_terms: D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D012933:Social Identification