PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Cerdeña, Jessica P.
AU  - Asabor, Emmanuella N.
AU  - Rendell, Sara
AU  - Okolo, Tony
AU  - Lett, Elle
TI  - Resculpting Professionalism for Equity and Accountability
AID  - 10.1370/afm.2892
DP  - 2022 Nov 01
TA  - The Annals of Family Medicine
PG  - 573--577
VI  - 20
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.annfammed.org/content/20/6/573.short
4100  - http://www.annfammed.org/content/20/6/573.full
SO  - Ann Fam Med2022 Nov 01; 20
AB  - Recent controversies over the characteristics of “professionalism” and its enforcement by medical educators underscore the racialized and gendered norms implicit in this practice. In this essay, we describe the ways nebulous definitions of “professionalism” imbue White, cisgender, straight, and able-bodied standards to police the boundaries of belonging in medicine. As such, marginalized trainees remain unfinished sculptures, forced to chisel away dimensions of experience and expression to conform to “professional” standards. We seek to resculpt professionalism in a way that centers patients and trainees currently at the margins. This will strengthen the increasingly diverse workforce and ensure that they can effectively address the needs of patients often excluded from quality care.