ABSTRACT
In conjunction with Kegan's Constructive Developmental Theory, Kalet et al. defined the developmental stages of a physician's Professional Identity Formation (PIF). Kalet et al. also developed the Professional Identity Essay (PIE) as a tool to assess the developmental stages of PIF. This paper introduces an educational strategy to enhance the effectiveness of learning with the faculty by using the PIE in community-based clinical clerkship at Jichi Medical University. Students create self-images of the present and future in relation to the professionalism inherent in their mind. The goal is to motivate medical students to reflect sincerely on themselves based on their PIE descriptions and to focus closely on the learning behaviors of the faculty that has something in common with their future images. The reflection, learning behavior, and motivation are the basic elements of self-regulated learning (SRL) proposed by Zimmerman. This educational strategy is a practical application of the PIF-SRL theory proposed by the author.