SHM Converge Scientific Abstract ePoster Gallery-Professional Identity for Medical Students by Medical Students

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This CISI project from Wayne State University School of Medicine explores how medical students can help teach professional identity formation to other students through the longitudinal Teaching Learning and Clinical Reasoning (TLC) course. While the TLC curriculum already includes student-led teaching in areas like clinical skills, anatomy, and clinical cases, the Population, Patient, Physician, and Professionalism (P4) course is currently the only structured opportunity for professional identity teaching.<br /><br />The authors argue that near-peer teaching by senior medical students may be especially effective because junior students often relate better to peers who are closer to them in training and values. The project focuses on a systematic literature review to identify medical-student-as-teacher (mSAT) programs, especially those that address professional identity, professionalism, or ethics. The review includes studies that discuss barriers to scaling or sustaining mSAT programs as well as strategies that improve their long-term success. Studies focused only on content knowledge or unrelated skills are excluded.<br /><br />Preliminary findings suggest that near-peer-led discussions and reflection exercises can effectively teach professionalism. The presentation highlights that key transitional moments in medical training, such as anatomy dissection and encountering patient death, are especially important for professional identity development. The authors conclude that professionalism teaching through mSAT is preferred by learners and should be expanded at Wayne State. They also note that senior medical students benefit from these roles because they are still actively developing their own professional identities while teaching others.

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Zechariah Jean

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Author List Gautham Pavar, Marissa M. Zhu, Zechariah Jean

Category Research

Concept Near-Peer Education

Concept Medical Student as Teacher

Concept Professional Identity Development

Concept Systematic Review

Concept mSAT Programs

Distinguished Non-Finalist

Presenter Organization Wayne State University School of Medicine

Presenting Author Zechariah Jean

Track Education

Keywords

professional identity formation

medical student as teacher

near-peer teaching

professionalism

ethics education

medical education

longitudinal curriculum

reflection exercises

systematic literature review

Wayne State University

Near-Peer Education

Medical Student as Teacher

Professional Identity Development

Systematic Review

mSAT Programs