Medical education and training has recently been called to develop focus on professional identity formation (PIF). Through the following article in Academic Medicine, Wald et al. considers how complex iterative PIF process can be better supported for a humanistic, resilient health care professional? Three pedagogic innovation strategies contributing to PIF within medical education are highlighted: (1) interactive reflective writing fosters reflective capacity, emotional awareness, and resiliency; (2) synergistic teaching modules about mindful clinical practice and resilient responses to difficult interactions fosters resilience and well-being; and (3) strategies for effective use of a professional development e-portfolio and faculty development of reflective coaching skills in graduate medical education.The strategies identified “bridge theory to practice” and, ideally, can enhance quality of care and foster resilience in the humanistic health care professional.