This study was conducted to obtain a baseline understanding of the professional behavior of clinical faculty physicians from the medical students' perspective. Students completed a professionalism evaluation of supervising faculty at the end of each required third-year clerkship over a one year period. Results were analyzed by specific behaviors and across clerkships. Differences were noted in ...

INTRODUCTION Today, development of professionalism is a critical aim of medical schools. Studies have demonstrated that medical students' perceived level of professionalism is inadequate worldwide. This study aimed to investigate the medical students' perceptions of their colleagues' professional behavior. METHODS This study is a cross-sectional study with 280 medical students at Shiraz Unive...

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The purpose of this study was to gather formative evaluation data to determine students' perceptions of effective aspects of professional behavior feedback for use in program development. A qualitative design was used to gather data from baccalaureate-level occupational therapy students. Through focus groups and semi-structured interviews, data were gathered about the students' beliefs, feeling...

P rofessionalism has an elusive nature. If someone were to ask for a definition, a good bet is that (1) defining behaviors that are not professional rather than behaviors that are professional and (2) thinking of people who exhibit professionalism rather than the characteristics of professionalism would be easier. Why is it hard to define the qualities of such a desirable behavior, and why is i...

This paper identifies matches on the male and female professional tennis tours in which one player faces a high payoff from being “on the bubble” of direct entry into one of the lucrative Grand Slam tournaments, while their opposition does not. Analyzing over 378,000 matches provides strong evidence for corrupt behavior on the men’s tour, as bubble players are substantially more likely to beat ...

INTRODUCTION Self and peer assessment provides important information about the individual's performance and behavior in all aspects of their professional environment work. The aim of this study is to evaluate the professional behavior and performance in medical students in the form of team based assessment. METHODS In a cross-sectional study, 100 medical students in the 7(th) year of educatio...

This paper describes empirical research on the engineering design process as carried out by student and professional engineers. The use of design strategies plays a significant role in engineering design, and a commonly used strategy is decomposition/recomposition. This research studies design decomposition and recomposition strategies in the context of teams. This research differs from previou...

Background: Instructors play an instrumental role in education, particularly in medical sciences where they are regarded as the most influential factor in the process of education. The present study was carried out with the aim of demonstrating assistants’ views about professors’ teaching in Mashhad School of Medicine. Methods: The current study is a qualitative analysis in which the written vi...