Medical Education 2011: 45: 217–226 Objectives The view that training in communication
skills produces skilled communication is sometimes criticised by those who argue that …

More than 100 years ago, Osler inspired educators to consider health professions education
(HPE) as intricately reliant on patients. Since that time, patient involvement in HPE has taken …

A fundamental goal of medical education is the active, constructive, transformative process
of professional identity formation (PIF). Medical educators are thus charged with designing …

EDUCATING PHYSICIANS The current blueprint for medical education in North America
was drawn up in 1910 by Abraham Flexner in his report Medical Education in the United …

Medical Education 2010: 44: 449–458 Context Medical education in the UK has recently
undergone radical reform. Tomorrow's Doctors has prescribed undergraduate curriculum …

Reflective practice has moved from the margins to the mainstream of professional education.
However, in this process, its radical potential has been subsumed by individualistic, rather …

Background Empathy is important to patient care. The prevailing view is that empathy
declines during university medical education. The significance of that decline has been …

Context There is little room in clerkship curricula for students to express emotions,
particularly those associated with the development of a caring identity. Yet it is recognised …

Background To become a good doctor, developing a professional identity is as important as
having the right knowledge and skills. Great attention has been given to professional identity …

Objectives This study aimed to explore how medical students experience contacts with real
patients and what they learn from them. Methods We carried out a post hoc, single‐group …