Stubbing, EvangelineHelmich, EstherCleland, Jennifer2018-01-152018-01-152018-02Stubbing, E, Helmich, E & Cleland, J 2018, 'Authoring the identity of learner before doctor in the figured world of medical school', Perspectives on medical education, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 40-46. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40037-017-0399-02212-2761http://hdl.handle.net/2164/9904Acknowledgements We thank all the students who took part in this project, and Professor Rona Patey, the Director of the Institute of Education for Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, for her support of this project. We also thank Professor Lynn Monrouxe for helping ES get to grips with the complex literature on professional identity development, her suggestion of and guidance for longitudinal data collection. Funding This study is part of the corresponding authors (ES) doctoral program of research funded by the University of Aberdeen, and supervised by EH and JC.7244095engMedical studentsQualitative researchProfessional identity formationEmotionFigured worldsR Medicine (General)R1Journal article10.1007/s40037-017-0399-071