Facilitating Professional Identity Development in Healthcare Education
Emily B. Wilkins
Abstract
Abstract The teaching of professionalism is an established best practice in healthcare education. This chapter highlights a more recent focus among educators in health professions to impart not only standards of professionalism, but also to foster professional identity development as a key aspect of a student's transition to a practitioner.
Topics & Concepts
Identity (music)Professional developmentHealth carePedagogyHealth professionalsHealth professionsSociologyBest practiceMedical educationFaculty developmentKey (lock)Engineering ethicsPsychologyMedicinePolitical scienceEngineeringComputer scienceAcousticsComputer securityPhysicsLawInnovations in Medical EducationEmpathy and Medical EducationInterprofessional Education and Collaboration