The hero’s journey: Understanding professional identity formation in graduate medical education
“Every person is the hero of their own story.”
– Aaron Saguil, MD
Problem:
The demands of medical training continue to put trainees and faculty at a high risk of burnout and mental health issues. Initial responses to this crisis centered around educational approaches. For these approaches, the unit of analysis is the individual. The unstated assumption of educational approaches is that the problem of burnout stems …
The hero’s journey: Understanding professional identity formation in graduate medical education



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