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  • Health Professions Education
  • Medical Education Research
  • Professional Identity Development

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  • Empathy is crucial for effective healthcare delivery.
  • Professional identity formation (PIF) is a key developmental process for health professionals.
  • Understanding the interplay between empathy and PIF is vital for training competent practitioners.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To systematically review and describe the literature on the connections between empathy and PIF in pharmacy and other health professions education.
  • To identify educational strategies and barriers related to fostering empathy and PIF.

Main Methods:

  • A PRISMA-Scoping Review methodology was employed.
  • Searches were conducted in PubMed and CINAHL from 2010 to January 2023.
  • Articles were assessed for quality using a modified "theory talk" approach.

Main Results:

  • 45 articles were included, with most (84.4%) implicitly discussing the empathy-PIF connection.
  • Educational initiatives focused on classroom, clinical rotations, and assessments.
  • Mentorship, role models, reflective practice, and curricular integration were key elements for development, while multifaceted barriers exist.

Conclusions:

  • The connection between empathy and PIF in health professions education is predominantly implicit.
  • Barriers, including the hidden curriculum, hinder explicit integration.
  • Further research and development are needed to strengthen this vital connection for all healthcare providers.