Professionalism Considerations

Professionalism in medicine: definitions and considerations for teaching.

P hysicians and medical educators are expected by a multitude of constituencies to consistently demonstrate professional behavior. Epstein and Hundert’s definition of professionalism is a very useful one. This definition is an entry to considering what professionalism is and demonstrates the lofty goals of professionalism. In this article, I review other definitions of professionalism, consider...

Professionalism.

On professionalism.

This engineer’s view of professionalism is not far removed from the medical profession’s view, articulated by Sir Donald Irvine in his recent Duncan Memorial Lecture.2 Engineers developed their civic role through the huge engineering projects of canal and iron bridge construction during the nineteenth century, giving Thomas Telford both the technical and the moral experience which led his young...

Learning Skills of Professionalism: a Student-Led Professionalism Curriculum.

BACKGROUND Medical schools must address the fact that students embarking on careers in medicine are idealistic but have a vague understanding of the values and characteristics that define medical professionalism. Traditionally, we have relied primarily on unsystematic role modeling and lectures or seminars on related topics to teach professionalism. METHODS A committee of students and a facul...

Professionalism: part II -- teaching and assessing the learner's professionalism.

(Fam Med 2004;36(6):390-2.) Editor’s Note: In this second of a two-part series on the office-based teaching and assessment of professionalism, George D. Harris, MD, MS, of the Department of Community and Family Medicine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City describes common situations in which the preceptor can teach professionalism and important factors that contribute to the assessment of...