UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT.

Toward a philosophy of dealing with unprofessional conduct.

Social Media and Unprofessional Pharmacist Conduct: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Boards of Pharmacy

Purpose: To determine how often boards of pharmacy (BOPs) receive complaints related to licensee’s online behavior, and what types of online behaviors may prompt an investigation of a licensee. Methods: A survey (consisting of questions related to BOP’s management of complaints against licensee online behavior and 10 case vignettes) was adapted from a previous survey of United States medical bo...

Going after the 'hired guns': is improper expert witness testimony unprofessional conduct or the negligent practice of medicine?

New house-officers' views on unprofessional behaviour.

AIM To determine the views of new house officers (HO) on professionalism and unprofessional behaviour following dismissal in January 2007 of a HO who was caught video-taping nurses in the shower. METHODS An anonymous self-administered questionnaire was administered during new house officers' orientation. Using a Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree), HO were asked to rank...

Medical societies' self-policing of unprofessional expert testimony.