Chinese Journal of Medical Education

Chinese Journal of Medical Education ›› 2018, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (4): 583-587.DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-677X.2018.04.024

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Research on the construction of medical students' professional identity based on the analysis of parallel chart

Zheng Guo, Guo Liping, Li Fang, Wei Jihong, Chen Chen, Wu Yidan, Yin Ruoyu, Liu Zechen, Nie Zhijie   

  1. Department of Applied Linguistics, Institute of Medical Humanities, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China (Zheng G, Li F, Wei JH, Chen C, Wu YD, Yin RY, Liu ZC, Nie ZJ); Institute of Medical Humanities, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China (Guo LP)
  • Received:2018-01-26 Online:2018-08-01 Published:2020-12-08
  • Contact: Guo Liping, Email: guolp@bjmu.edu.cn

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Abstract: It is necessary for medical educators to understand how medical students construct their identities after entering medical schools and what the influencing factors are in this process. By using the personality and social structure perspective model, this research did a qualitative analysis of medical students' construction of professional identity based on 92 parallel charts written by graduate students majoring in clinical medicine. This study shows that writing parallel charts has positive effect on medical students' professional identity construction. It also provides some implications on improving medical education by using narrative medicine and parallel charts.

Key words: Professional identity construction, Narrative medicine, Parallel chart, Personality and social structure perspective (PSSP) model