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MPRO: A Professionalism Curriculum to Enhance the Professional Identity Formation of University Premedical Students

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MEDICAL EDUCATION ONLINE
卷 26, 期 1, 页码 -

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/10872981.2021.1886224

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Medical professionalism; premedical education; professional identity formation; reflection; physician shadowing

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Limited opportunities exist for university premedical students to gain exposure to clinical practice, but a Medical Professionalism and Observership program at Rice University uses didactics, reflective writing, discussions, and clinical observerships to enhance professional identity formation. This pilot program involved 135 students and showed that lectures increased exposure to medical core competencies and influenced students' desire to become physicians. Structured reflection and didactics, combined with physician shadowing, appear to promote integration of medical professionalism values, beliefs, and attitudes.
Limited opportunities exist for university premedical students to gain exposure to the realities of clinical practice through physician shadowing or through a formal curriculum. Medical Professionalism and Observership utilizes didactics, reflective writing, small- and large- group discussions, and clinical observerships to enhance the process of professional identity formation during a critical developmental window of late- adolescence. The pilot semester included a sample of 135 students, all in their sophomore, junior, or senior years of study at Rice University. Students were selected through an application process and paired with physicians at Houston Methodist Hospital based on specialty preference and availability. Students were required to participate in biweekly lectures and discussions and to submit a weekly reflection on topics discussed in the course and their shadowing experiences. Student evaluations were administered to survey changes in students' knowledge and perceptions of the curriculum. Selected reflections were read for evidence of professional identity formation. Lectures increased students' exposure to core competencies within the medical profession and influenced their desire to become physicians. Reflective writings demonstrated integration of these core competencies into the professional identity of students. Structured reflection and didactics, when coupled with physician shadowing, appear to promote integration of the values, beliefs, and attitudes of medical professionalism. Future studies should seek to demonstrate how such a curriculum affects professional identity formation through established measures, and to assess whether such a curriculum may influence students' preparedness for medical training and practice as they progress along their careers.

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