Identidade profissional de residentes médicos

Abstract

The collective identity construction process happens when a group of individuals in a given historical context has characteristics that mark it as identical to itself and different from others. This study aimed to identify the identity attributes that characterize the medical profession. A cross-sectional study was carried out by means of a survey, with the application of the Scale of Professional Self and Hero-Perception in a sample of 295 resident physicians from three teaching hospitals. The statistical analysis involved verifying the linearity of the data and descriptive analysis of the scale items. Doctors identified their profession mainly as Productive, Exhausting, Hardworking, Dedicated, Intelligent and Studious. Regarding heteroperception, they report that society grants more prestige and Renown to the profession than they do. The study shows that, despite feeling respected and admired by society, doctors resent the loss of social prestige of the profession and the lack of humanization of professionals in the relationship with their patients.