# Humanities Across Clerkships: A Longitudinal Course on Professional Identity Formation

**Authors:** Nabeel Akhtar, Rachel Casas

PMC · DOI: 10.1007/s40670-025-02485-7 · Medical Science Educator · 2025-08-23

## TL;DR

This paper introduces a course that helps medical students reflect on their professional identity during their training.

## Contribution

The study presents a new longitudinal course integrating humanities into medical clerkships to support professional identity formation.

## Key findings

- The HAC course was feasible and encouraged reflective practices among medical students.
- The course was positively received by students during third-year clerkships.

## Abstract

Humanities Across Clerkships (HAC), a longitudinal course during third-year clerkships, is an innovative approach to promote reflection on professional identity formation and career development for medical students. This course was feasible and encouraged individual and group reflective practices, and it was positively received by medical students.

## Full-text entities

- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

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