The Transformation of Professional Identity of Master in Health Professional Education Graduates
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https://doi.org/10.21649/akemu.v31i1.5714Keywords:
Transformation, Professional Identity , medical educators, MHPEAbstract
Background: Master in Health Professional Education (MHPE) program was established by University of Health sciences Lahore since 2011. It was designed to train the health professionals as medical educators. All these health professionals were having their primary identities as clinicians, researchers, basic sciences experts. In that scenario, how they are coping and have shaped their dual professional identity of being practicing health professional and now as medical educator.
Objectives: To understand underline process of transformation of the “professional identity” of MHPE graduates through their perceptions.
Methods: Ethical approval for this qualitative phenomenological study was taken by advanced studies and research board of UHS. After taking written consent, twelve MHPE graduates (total number of students, graduated at that time) were interviewed through, long in depth semi structured interviews to collect the data. For interpretation of the data thematic analysis was used. The interview transcripts were imported in computer assisted qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS) i.e NVivo 12 and coded in nodes.
Results: Through thematic analysis, eight diverse themes were identified. Result of this study revealed that MHPE program has transformed the professional identity of its graduates as medical educationist as well other than their primary identities but with certain considerable challenges.
Conclusion: The conclusion of this study is that the medical professionals have transformed their professional identity on individual and social level after completing this program. This clearly represented within their selves and evident externally through their professional practices.
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