Identity formation and socialization of medical students and residents

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K08559
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Medical sociology
• Research Institution: Kagoshima University
• Principal Investigator: Tagawa Masami 鹿児島大学, 医歯学域医学系, 教授 (90261916)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): KITAMURA KIYOSHI 国際医療福祉大学, 医学部, 教授 (10186265)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: プロフェッショナルアイデンティティ / 医学教育 / プロフェッショナリズム / 評価

Outline of Final Research Achievements

To clarify the process and influential factors for professional identity formation and socialization of medical trainees, new scales were developed using data obtained by a self-administered questionnaire from 4th-and 6th-yea medical students, residents at Kagoshima University, and instructors. One scale which evaluates overall degree of professional development and four scales which evaluate different stage-specific attributes were created. Respondent group was the significant factor for these scales, but gender and age were not. These scales could be useful instruments to evaluate medical trainees’ professional development.

Free Research Field

医学教育、医療者教育学