Medical professionalism: Navigating modern challenges

Preserving medical ethics and professionalism: meeting the challenges of modern practice.

1 Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore 2 Department of Continuing and Community Care, Tan Tock Seng Hospital Address for Correspondence: Professor Alastair Vincent Campbell, Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School Of Medicine, Dean’s Offi ce, 1E Kent Ridge Road, NUHS Tower Block, Level 11, Singapore 119228. Email: [email protected]...

The challenges of medical education in developing “true medical professionalism”

Received: November 2, 2017 • Revised: November 6, 2017 • Accepted: November 7, 2017 Corresponding Author: ChanJong Yoo (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2680-7692) Department of Neurosurgery, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine, 21 Namdong-daero 774beon-gil, Namdong-gu, Incheon 21565, Korea Tel: +82.32.460.8425/3304 Fax: +82.32.460.3899 email: nschan@gilhospit...

Challenges to neurosurgical professionalism.

At present, neurosurgical practice is confronted by an explosion of technology. Rapid advances in neurosurgical knowledge and technology are putting increased pressure on neurosurgeons to process huge quantities of information, with requirements for continuous learning and updating scientific knowledge and skills which are time consuming but essential. Changes to the venerated status quo of neu...

Professionalism in medical informatics.

Medical professionalism: the trainees' views.

Medical professionalism is deeply embedded in medical practice in the UK but, with changes in the modern healthcare climate, its nature and role have been increasingly challenged. The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) therefore convened a working party to consider the concept of medical professionalism, to clarify its value and purpose, and to define it. As part of this project, the RCP Trainee...