The impact of mentoring relationships on professional identity formation in medical education: a systematic review

Abstract Background The promise that enduring and personalised mentoring relationships shape how mentees think, feel and act as professionals, or their professional identity formation (PIF), and thus how they interact, care and support patients and families has garnered significant interest. However...

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Published in:	BMC Medical Education
Main Authors:	Lalit Kumar Radha Krishna, Nila Ravindran, Hannah Yi Fang Kwok, Xuan Yu Tan, Jasper Soh, Elizabeth Yong Mei Leong, Darius Wei Jun Wan, Tiat Yan Low, Aiden Wei-Jun Chan, Nicholas Chong Jin Lim, Yen Kit Ng, Arthena Anushka Thenpandiyan, Jun Rey Leong, Adele Yi Dawn Lim, Elaine Li Ying Quah, Leia Ning Tse, Sriram PL, Sri Priyanka Rajanala, Jun Kiat Lua, Varsha Rajalingam, Victoria Jia En Fam, Ranitha Govindasamy, Nur Amira Binte AbdulHamid, Crystal Lim, Eng Koon Ong, Shin Wei Sim, Stephen Mason, Simon Yew Kuang Ong
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2025-04-01
Subjects:	Mentoring relationships Mentoring Medical schools Medicine Professional identity formation Personhood
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-07158-y