“Changing the narrative”: a study on professional identity formation among Black/African American physicians in the U.S

• Published in: Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 183 - 198
• Main Authors: Wyatt, Tasha R., Rockich-Winston, Nicole, White, DeJuan, Taylor, Taryn R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.03.2021; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: African American Students; African Americans; Blacks; Coding; Culture; Education; Educational Experience; Educational History; Ethnic Groups; Ethnicity; Feminism; Graduate Medical Education; Grounded Theory; Identity formation; Medical Education; Medical schools; Medical Students; Medicine; Minority Groups; Physicians; Professional Identity; Race; Racial Bias; Self Actualization; Self Concept; Society; Sociopolitical factors; Whites; United States > US; Euro-centric perspective; Minoritized physician; UiM; Professional identity formation; Socialization; Post-colonial theory; Whiteness

Professional identity formation (PIF) is considered a key process in physician development. However, early PIF research may have inadvertently left out experiences from ethnically/racially minoritized physicians. As a result, the PIF literature may have forwarded dominant perspectives and assumption...