Faculty of Education, Division of Curriculum & Instruction, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey;
Faculty of Medicine, Medical Education, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
Med Educ Online. 2014 Feb 13;19:20876. doi: 10.3402/meo.v19.20876. eCollection 2014.
Although professional identity development is an important concept in medical education, the process has not been well-investigated from a student perspective.
This study examines the metaphorical images formulated by first grade medical students in Turkey to describe physicians in the context of establishing a professional identity, along with its limitations.
Participants (N=148) completed the prompt: A physician is like _____ because _____ to indicate their conceptualizations of physician. The data were analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively.
Altogether, 71 well-articulated metaphorical images were identified - comprising six conceptual themes.
While subject to some limitations, the use of metaphors to formulate and describe professional identities can be helpful in reflecting the personal beliefs and values of matriculants to medical school, as well as providing some guidance and feedback to curriculum development efforts.
尽管专业身份认同发展是医学教育中的一个重要概念，但从学生的角度来看，这个过程还没有得到很好的研究。
本研究从医学生的角度出发，考察了土耳其一年级医学生在建立专业身份认同时所形成的隐喻形象，以及其局限性。
参与者（N=148）完成了以下提示：医生就像_____，因为_____，以表明他们对医生的概念化。对数据进行了定性和定量分析。
共确定了 71 个精心表达的隐喻形象，包括六个概念主题。
虽然受到一些限制，但使用隐喻来构建和描述专业身份可以帮助反映医学生的个人信仰和价值观，并为课程发展提供一些指导和反馈。
