Elaheh Malakan Rad
Children’s Medical Center, Tehran, IranPublications
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Research Article
Medical Residents Viewpoint about the Effective Stressors on Professional Identity Formation during Residency in Tehran University of Medical Sciences: A Qualitative Study
Author(s): Fatemeh Ahmadinia, Elaheh Malakan Rad*, Ladan Fata and Zohreh Khakbazan
Introduction: Professional identity, or how a doctor thinks of himself or herself as a doctor, is considered to be as critical to medical education as the acquisition of skills and knowledge relevant to patient care. As stress can affect learning, it can be considered as one the factors influencing the formation of professional identity during the training of physicians. According to existing evidences, transition undergraduate level to post-graduate and residency level is most stress course in medical education. Therefore, the aim of this study is to determine the effective stressors on professional identity formation from residents’ viewpoint in Tehran University of medical sciences. Method and Materials: 17 residents (male and female) aged 26-40 years old were participated in this study which was done by qualitative content analysis.. Read More»