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Longitudinal Professional Identity Development Amongst Medical Students, Tala Al-Saghir, Mikaela Grudzien, Bridget Croniger, Margo Mekjian, Rachel Monconduit, Rubab Imtiaz, Alisha Williams, Sonja Klumpp, Jennifer Mendez
Longitudinal Professional Identity Development Amongst Medical Students, Tala Al-Saghir, Mikaela Grudzien, Bridget Croniger, Margo Mekjian, Rachel Monconduit, Rubab Imtiaz, Alisha Williams, Sonja Klumpp, Jennifer Mendez
Medical Student Research Symposium
Abstract Title: Longitudinal Professional Identity Development Amongst Medical Students
Background:
Professional development is a core competency for medical student education. A standardized model for assessment of student longitudinal professional identity development will allow medical schools to better implement interventions.
Methods:
To assess professional development at a large, Midwest, allopathic medical school, a survey with seven statements regarding professional development was created. The statements encompassed domains of mentorship, communication skills, professionalism, and innovation and asked students to rank each statement from 1-5 (1 - highly deficient, 5 - highly proficient). The online, anonymous survey was emailed to all students (n = …
Learning Community Student-Resident Physician Mentorship, Kyla Kosidowski, Sahar Elmenini, Jack Considine, Madison Graifman, Dhruvil Patel, Megan Seyerle, Elise Turke, Kathleen Young, Nicole White, Chelsea Yu, Latoya Sherman, Eric Ayers Md
Learning Community Student-Resident Physician Mentorship, Kyla Kosidowski, Sahar Elmenini, Jack Considine, Madison Graifman, Dhruvil Patel, Megan Seyerle, Elise Turke, Kathleen Young, Nicole White, Chelsea Yu, Latoya Sherman, Eric Ayers Md
Medical Student Research Symposium
Wayne State University School of Medicine (WSUSOM) in 2018 formed Learning Communities (LCs), that facilitate student engagement, comradery, and mentoring. These programs include medical student-premed, near-peer, and faculty/attending mentorships. There has been an identified gap in mentorship between near-peer and faculty/attending mentorship, and that is near-peer mentors at WSUSOM have yet to complete the residency process to guide other students through it. Moreover, faculty/attending mentors are more removed from residency and may not have relevant advice for students. As resident physicians are recent graduates, they are more likely to provide relevant insight about residency applications, academic challenges, and efficiency than …