Bally, Anthony

Chamdin, Sarah

Fatima, Amanah

Jafar, Yousif

Kathawa, Fadi

Martinovski, Petar

Shaikh, Manahil

Sukhon, Nadeen

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Wayne State University Patient Education Projects Patient Education 1-3-2024 Group Reflection: Physician Identity and Interpersonal Communication Anthony Bally Wayne State University, go1435@wayne.edu Manahil Shaikh Wayne State University, hn0603@wayne.edu Nadeen Sukhon Wayne State University, gt9425@wayne.edu Petar Martinovski Wayne State University, ga6161@wayne.edu Sarah Chamdin Wayne State University, hl8891@wayne.edu See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/pat_edu_proj  Part of the Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Medical Education Commons, and the Public Health Commons Recommended Citation Bally, Anthony; Shaikh, Manahil; Sukhon, Nadeen; Martinovski, Petar; Chamdin, Sarah; Jafar, Yousif; Fatima, Amanah; and Kathawa, Fadi, "Group Reflection: Physician Identity and Interpersonal Communication" (2024). Patient Education Projects. 890. https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/pat_edu_proj/890 This Infographic is brought to you for free and open access by the Patient Education at DigitalCommons@WayneState. It has been accepted for inclusion in Patient Education Projects by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@WayneState. Authors Anthony Bally, Manahil Shaikh, Nadeen Sukhon, Petar Martinovski, Sarah Chamdin, Yousif Jafar, Amanah Fatima, and Fadi Kathawa This infographic is available at DigitalCommons@WayneState: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/pat_edu_proj/890 Physician Identity and Interpersonal CommunicationAuthors: Bally, A., Chamdin, S., Jafar, Y., Martinovski, P., Shaikh, M., Sukhon, N.Learning Community Group: Green 20ReflectionsThroughout our second year of medical school, we anticipate our professional identities to become more internally defined as we gain further patient experience. Through the CEC experience, SL clinical experiences, and extracurricular activities, we believe we will gain a better understanding of our roles as physicians. Importantly, we recognize that our unique experiences and backgrounds will impact this development, leading to unique professional identities. A common theme to overcoming conflict with peers, administrators, and patients is open communication and flexibility. With peers, having similar experiences to help and openly communicating about the challenges we collectively face is necessary to thrive and overcome conflict. Conflicts with administration, similarly, rely on relaying important medical information to individuals who may not have a medical training background. Interpersonal communication involves relaying the needs of the patient which is necessary for overcoming and thriving within this conflict as well. With patients, communication is oriented towards meeting the patient where they are able and creating plans of care specific to each patient. This requires clear communication to understand the needs and values of the patients. This communication may be complicated by our identities as physicians. Particularly, with the use of the white coat which may complicate building the lines of open communication because it can potentially make speaking with physicians more intimidating.  The direct associations of white coats with physicians can make patients more hesitant to share information, hindering communication. As such, after reading the “Are White Coats Becoming Obsolete” article, we believe that the white coat, while potentially important in professional identity formation, does not define the physician. It is an externally defining factor that can become internalized and impact how physicians interact with their patients.  Ensuring effective communication and positive patient outcomes should be the utmost defining factors of the physician and should be what initiates and guides self-transformation within professional identity formation.

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