Drawing the ARC: How medical students shape their professional selves

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Maya G. Sardesaı · University of Washington

Jessica M. Lewis · Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

Brian Mavis · Michigan State University

David Hatem · University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Meg Keeley · University of Virginia

Thuy L. Ngo · Johns Hopkins University

Silvia Lizett Olivares Olivares

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Discrete mechanisms actively employed by medical students to develop their professional identities can be categorized within domains of action, reflection, and connection (ARC). The ARC construct helps validate existing theories and could be used by educators and advisors to systematize and optimize interventions for PIF.

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Innovations in Medical Education Empathy and Medical Education Nursing education and management

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Published in: Medical Teacher

DOI: 10.1080/0142159x.2026.2630977

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