The Role of Professional Medical Education Societies in Fostering Professional Identity

The role of professional medical societies in reducing practice variations.

Professional identity in medical students: pedagogical challenges to medical education.

BACKGROUND Professional identity, or how a doctor thinks of himself or herself as a doctor, is considered to be as critical to medical education as the acquisition of skills and knowledge relevant to patient care. SUMMARY This article examines contemporary literature on the development of professional identity within medicine. Relevant theories of identity construction are explored and their ...

Professional Identity in Higher Education

Research in higher education has concentrated on a number of areas, which include the values and collective identities of academic faculty, their role in higher education governance, faculty norms and socialisation processes, and the impact of change in higher education on academic roles (Rhoades 2007). While many authors advocate the types of research methodology that should be used in such in...

Correlation of Professional Identity Dimensions with Role Stress in Nurses

Abstract Introduction: The crisis of professional identity among nurses causes psychological imbalance and tension. The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between professional identity dimensions and job stress among nurses working in teaching hospitals of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This descriptive-correlational study was performed on 340 nurses in tea...

The Role of Professional Societies in STEM Diversity

The overall percentages of African American scientists indicate underrepresentation in most science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and the percentages appear to be declining over the last three decades [NSF, 2017]. Despite investments in diversity programs, the observable impact on STEM leadership and the demographics of the science and technology workforce remains...