| Title | Reaffirming professionalism through the education community. | | Author(s) | Reynolds PP | | Institution | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Clinical Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104-2676. | | Source | Ann Intern Med 1994 Apr 1; 120(7):609-14. | | MeSH | Clinical Competence
Curriculum
Faculty, Medical
Humans
Internship and Residency
Professional Practice
Teaching
United States
| | Abstract | OBJECTIVE: To determine the role of the clinical training environment and a medical education community in reaffirming medical professionalism among physicians-in-training and faculty.
DATA SOURCES: Published articles on undergraduate and graduate medical education and sociology works on professionalism were identified through research.
STUDY SELECTION: Studies were selected that illustrated barriers to professionalism in medical education and patient care and the professional conduct of medical students, residents, and faculty.
RESULTS: Factors that undermined the medical education community were the specialization of medicine, the faculty reward systems, and the service demands of residency because of the economics of health care.
CONCLUSIONS: Establishment of a firm system with a core teaching faculty, creation of mentoring and role modeling programs, implementation of a longitudinal curriculum on medical professionalism, evaluation of physicians on professional conduct, and evaluation of the clinical training environment are suggested as strategies to re-establish an education community and reaffirm professionalism in medicine. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 8117001 |
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