Professional Identity Formation: Who am I and Where am I Going?
Professional identity formation in medicine is an active process that requires on-going reflection on self-identity, professional values, and a relationship with our communities of practice (Jarvis-Selinger). While it traditionally refers to the transition that lay people undertake to transform into a physician, our professional identity continues to evolve with each stage of our career. Key transitions include: student to resident; resident to independently practicing physician; resident to fellow; fellow to faculty; junior faculty to senior faculty; faculty to leadership position, etc. Guided reflection builds resilience, clarity, and resolution for continuing professional commitment and development. In this 50 minute session, we will provide you with practical tools to illuminate your professional path, combat imposter syndrome, overcome obstacles, and maximize opportunities in your journey.
Presenters:
- Di F. Coneybeare, MD, MHPE
- Wendy C. Coates, MD
- Dan P. Runde, MD, MME
- Jimmy Truong, DO, MS
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Di F. Coneybeare, MD, MHPE
Columbia University Medical Center
Di Coneybeare is an associate professor of emergency medicine at the Columbia University Medical Center. She serves as the fellowship director for emergency ultrasound. She graduated from emergency ultrasound fellowship and concurrently completed her MHPE from Maastricht University. She founded the emergency ultrasound fellowship at Columbia University Medical Center. Her research focus in medical education resolves around professional identity formation and was the 2023 SAEMF Education Project Grant recipient to study professional identity formation in fellowship.
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Wendy C. Coates, MD
Immediate Past President
UCLA Department of Emergency Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Wendy C. Coates, MD is Emeritus Professor of Emergency Medicine at UCLA Department of Emergency Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and Senior Faculty/Education Specialist at Harbor-UCLA Department of Emergency Medicine. She served as Dean of the UCLA Acute Care College and Director of Education at Harbor-UCLA where she founded the Fellowship in Medical Education Scholarship in 1999. She enjoys continued active mentorship of her fellowship graduates. Coates graduated with honors from Allegheny College, earned her MD from Case Western Reserve University, and completed the EM residency at Allegheny General/Medical College of PA.
Dr. Coates’ research focus is medical education with an emphasis on faculty and learner development, mentorship, curricular innovation and evaluation, creativity in medicine, and qualitative methods. She is a founding member of the Editorial Board for AEM Education & Training, member of the AEM Editorial Board, and was an ABEM Item Writer for 9 years.
Dr. Coates began her service to SAEM as the Resident Representative to the Education Committee which she subsequently chaired for several years. She was the inaugural chair of the Undergraduate Education Committee where she led the creation and implementation of the SAEM Virtual Advisor Program and, most recently, led the initial Fellowship Approval Committee that developed metrics for non-ACGME approved fellowships in EM. She has also served on the Nominating Committee, Research Committee, and was the SAEM representative to the national committee on medical student education reform. She currently serves as a member-at-large on the SAEM Board of Directors. Follow on her Twitter at: @CoatesMedEd
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Dan P. Runde, MD, MME
University of Iowa
Daniel Runde, MD, MME is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics where he serves as Vice Chair of Education for the Emergency Medicine Residency Program and as Director of the Emergency Medicine Medical Education Fellowship Program. Within the Carver College of Medicine he has spent the past 8 years serving as Course Director for the second semester of the Clinical and Professional Skills Strand. He was also elected to the Medical Education Council which oversees curricular development and analysis for all phases of the medical curriculum.
Dr. Runde completed a Fellowship in Medical Education at Harbor-UCLA and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and subsequently University of Iowa Office of Consultation and Research in Medical Education. He has received multiple “Teacher of The Year” awards within his department as well as recognition for “Best Lecture” and “Best Speaker” from the Council of Emergency Medicine Directors Academic Assembly.
He serves as a founding member and decision editor for the journal Academic Emergency Medicine: Education and Training and spent 4-years as a member of the Education Committee for the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. -
Jimmy Truong, DO, MS
New York–Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center
Jimmy Truong, DO is an Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center, with extensive experience in the spectrum of medical education. Since joining Columbia in 2017, he co-leads the Emergency Medicine Clerkship for 1st year medical students, mentoring 1st and 2nd year medical students transitioning to clinical experience He co-leads the Emergency Medicine Interest Group, design and execution of the faculty development programming, and lead the continuing education of the physicians’ assistant group. He works alongside our emergency medicine residents, and fellows, providing bedside teaching, mentorship support and guidance. As part of the faculty onboarding team, he interfaces with our new attendings in heralding their transition to our department and for recent graduates, into emergency medicine. His ongoing development and growth includes the ACEP Teaching fellowship reinforcing medical education concepts and developing an asynchronous point-of-care ultrasound curriculum for physician assistants in the department.
Nationally, he serves as an oral boards examiner for the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine, certifying new emergency medicine physicians since 2019. As an editorial board member, he is a peer reviewer for the Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine for 2 years, reviewing over 80 submissions. He is a member of the SAEM medical education committee providing support to creating a roadmap for residents to navigate the academia. He continues to grow his network with completion of the Academic Life in Emergency Medicine Faculty Incubator staying on as a faculty mentor. He works collaboratively with other medical education educators across the world and has afforded a rich experience in learning other views and perspectives.