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Demonstrates the impact of learning communities on professional identity formation in students, suggesting their importance.
This study is the first to describe the interrelationship of three key structural elements in preclerkship LCs - facilitating multiple connections, building psychologically safe environments, and fostering meaningful relationships - that appear to lay a foundation for and scaffold student growth and PIF. Our study provides empirical support for the impact of LCs, functioning as CoP, on preclerkship students' PIF.
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