How Shame Shaped Me: Exploring the Impact of Shame on Professional Identity Formation in Medical Trainees
This study uncovers the potential for shame to serve as a catalyst for meaningful identity work in medical trainees. The findings expand on existing conceptualizations of PIF by highlighting that it is a dynamic, ongoing, nonlinear, and multidimensional process. The analysis points to actions educators and learners can take to support learners' constructive navigation of shame experiences and their impact on PIF.
Authors
- Holly Meyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8833-8003)
- William Edwards Bynum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3796-9301)
- Gayle Haischer‐Rollo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2846-3969)
- Lara Varpio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1412-4341)
- Kevin C. McMains (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6734-3102)
Institutions
- Twitter (United States) (US)
- Unifor (NO)
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Academic Medicine
- Published
- 2025-03-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/acm.0000000000006048
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.88