The Personal Statement: Helping Medical Students Put Pen to Paper

By: Bruce H. Campbell, MD, professor of otolaryngology and faculty member, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Dr. Campbell blogs at Reflections in a Head Mirror. Writing is the best way to talk without being interrupted. -Jules Renard   Several years ago, a senior medical student was struggling with …

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To Be a Doctor: Reflections on the Professional Identity Formation Special Issue

Editor's Note: Check out our June issue, which is devoted entirely to professional identity formation. By: Hedy S. Wald, PhD, clinical associate professor of family medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University I enter the room at the medical school on my Family Medicine Clerkship teaching day. I co-facilitate small group collaborative reflection based …

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