The Student-Physician, Introductory Studies in the Sociology of Medical Education

Exploring the emergent identities of future physicians: Toward an understanding of the ideological socialization of osteopathic medical students

“…The study of medical socialization and the development of physicians' professional identities began with the classic works of Merton (1957) and Becker, Geer, Hughs, and Strauss (1961). Such work highlighted structured training programs as constituting important elements in anticipatory socialization, and subsequently, medical educators have been striving over the past five decades to improve the training of neophyte physicians (e.g., Good & Good, 1989;Hafferty, 1988;Morowitz, 1993;Sharf, 1993;Sharf & Poirier, 1988).…”

To Share or Not to Share? Professional Norms, Reference Groups, and Information Withholding Among Life Scientists

“…This suggests that information withholding is a violation of a uniformly revered norm of sharing, a socially unacceptable and morally unjustifiable act. Sociological theories of professions have argued that such strong norms are inculcated through rigorous professional socialization, using methods such as formal training and apprenticeships, and then reinforced by rewards of recognition and the threat of social sanctions (Merton et al 1957, Hagstrom 1965, Freidson 2001. Despite this characterization of professions as governed by deeply entrenched macro-level norms, however, individual members of professions often engage in behavior that violates these norms (Pavalko 1988, Leicht andFennell 2001).…”

Building Medical Ethics Education to Improve Japanese Medical Students' Attitudes Toward Respecting Patients' Rights

“…In the field of ethics development, the following four concepts are mostly regarded as influential factors in the ethical development of people: "role-models" (Merton et al 1957;Wright 1998;Eckles et al 2005), "respect for people" (Durkheim 1973; Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology 2006), "utilitarianism" (Bentham 1988;Post 2004c;Iseda and Katagi 2006), and "compliance" (Kohlberg 1976).…”