RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Resculpting Professionalism for Equity and Accountability
JF The Annals of Family Medicine
JO Ann Fam Med
FD American Academy of Family Physicians
SP 573
OP 577
DO 10.1370/afm.2892
VO 20
IS 6
A1 Cerdeña, Jessica P.
A1 Asabor, Emmanuella N.
A1 Rendell, Sara
A1 Okolo, Tony
A1 Lett, Elle
YR 2022
UL http://www.annfammed.org/content/20/6/573.abstract
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.