Abstract:Developing a professional identity in physicians-in-training is a central, but contested, outcome of medical education. In recent years scholars have argued for the importance of including affective experiences, especially shame, in the discourse around medical training. This discourse reflects projection and anticipation around both shame and professional identity, and the question of how shame impacts the latter is critical. Shame is an affect that arises when the self is confronted by the gaze, judgment or … Show more
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