Becoming a Doctor: Dr Yu-Che Chang on Professional Identity and Culture

Dr Yu-Che Chang is Deputy Director of Taiwan’s Chang Gung Medical Education Research Centre, where his work focuses on how doctors develop a sense of professional identity, particularly in high-pressure environments such as emergency medicine.His research explores how clinicians understand their roles, how culture and context shape professionalism, and how medical students and doctors navigate workplace expectations at different stages of their careers.In this episode of the KIPRIME Podcast, Yu-Che joins Alina Jenkins to reflect on what it really means to become a doctor. He discusses how professional identity forms over time, how it is tested under pressure, and how clinicians make sense of who they are at work.