“I’d keep going until somebody said no and nobody ever said no”: exploring identity-strengths amongst medical students from widening participation backgrounds
There is still much to be done in creating inclusive environments in medical education which promote belonging and development of diverse values and beliefs. However, using strengths-based approaches can reframe study of widening participation in medicine and shift thinking and discourses from deficit to anti-deficit ways of thinking and discourses.
Authors
- Kathrine Gibson Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7341-4701)
- Anita Laidlaw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1214-4100)
- Jennifer Cleland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1433-9323)
- Kim Walker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8873-2270)
- Colin Lumsden
Institutions
- Nanyang Technological University (SG)
- University of Aberdeen (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Medicine
- Published
- 2025-07-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2025.1530738
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Medical Education and Admissions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.88
Funders
- Scottish Government