&quot;I am a doctor&quot;: negotiating the discourses of standardization and diversity in professional identity construction.

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Abstract

Medical educators have expressed concern that students' professional identities do not always align with their expectations or with professional standards. The authors propose that, in constructing appropriate professional identities, medical students today are affected by the competing discourses of diversity and standardization.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Acad Med

Title: Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges

Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

ISSN (Electronic): 1938-808X

ISSN (Print): 1040-2446

Publication date (Electronic): Oct 2013

Volume: 88

Issue: 10

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[1 ] Dr. Frost is a postdoctoral fellow, Centre for Health Education Scholarship, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Dr. Regehr is professor, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3182a34b05

PubMed ID: 23969361

SO-VID: f7d60b83-fb3d-4776-8361-c29b3a12ac9b

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