Professional identity in the structure of individual and social identity of medical students

Results of studying of professional identity are presented in the paper in the structure of individual and social identity, its content and dynamics at the main stages of professional formation in a higher education institution for students of medical specialties. It is revealed that many students of all courses are headed for the future, they have their purposes and plans, many of which are connected with the chosen profession, i.e., the existential and criterion function of identity of the many is defined by the problem of professional formation. The number of such respondents decreases by the 6th course which can indicate some anxiety and tension experience concerning the future of graduates. The majority of students of all courses are active and are mindful of themselves in the present. For the majority of students of the final year the content of identity is the relevance of their present and the future. For an insignificant group of students of the first and third years the content of identity belongs to the past. Thus the analysis of the form of characteristics of identity of the first year students shows the experience of dissatisfaction, restrictions, difficulties of social and psychological adaptation in the present. The high importance of identification of individual characteristics in the content of identity is common for all students, especially for the first year students, which can testify to the experience of identity crisis. Students of the 6th year show the tendency of decrease in occurrence of individual characteristics and increase in the number of social roles occurrence. The characteristics of identity connected with the professional sphere are present in the majority of responses of students of all years participating in the research. It is defined that in the 6th year the semantic space of professional identification extends. In the content of identity of students of all courses limitation of the semantic space of educational professional activity is established. High frequency of occurrence of characteristics of the "active I" in the structure of students' identity testifies to their activity, openness to the world around, the semantic fullness of their vital world that can be considered as a personal resource in dealing with difficult life situations. To a lesser extent material values and values of the ''physical I'' are presented in the content of identity. More intensive (by number of respondents) in the structure of identity of respondents of all courses are the characteristics of "reflexive I", "perspective I", "active I", "social I".

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