Tips on Measuring Medical Professionalism

Medical professionalism--focusing on the real issues.

Rothman (April 27 issue) (1) contends that medical professionalism is losing the battle against capitalism. My colleagues and I at the American Academy of Ophthalmology agree that medicine should be practiced in the best interest of the patient, not of our pockets, but Rothman's sweeping accusations against medical specialties and the academy, which are offered as sacrificial lambs in his crusa...

Professionalism in medical informatics.

On the relationship between medical ethics and medical professionalism.

The Journal of Medical Ethics strongly encourages contributions from medical students, and is one of the very few journals that retain a separate section for publishing student papers. Reflecting our desire as editors to showcase rigorous analyses of practically relevant ethical issues in healthcare, students are often ideally placed to identify novel concerns that may have been taken for grant...

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...

Defining and measuring construct of interprofessional professionalism.

The Interprofessional Professionalism Collaborative (IPC), convened in 2006, currently consists of 11 national organizations representing health professions programs at the doctoral entry level, and is developing a framework of "interprofessional professionalism" (IPP) around observable behaviors that illustrate what professionalism looks like in the context of interprofessional collaborations ...