Medical Professionalism in Neoliberalism

Professionalism in medical informatics.

Journal of Advances in Medical Education & Professionalism

Medical education is a new discipline whichstarted about 50 years ago. The pioneer of thisdiscipline was George Miller from the Universityof Chicago who suggested most of prominentmedical professionals have little or no knowledge ofpsychology of learning and advocated the validity ofpresent medical education in the world.He hypothesized that while very eminent and welltrained scientific oriente...

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...

Medical professionalism in the internet age.

Medical professionalism encompasses the conduct and practices of physicians, both as individuals and as a collective organisation. Professionalism enhances the trust and confi dence of patients and society in doctors. For a profession that deals with decision making in an environment fraught with medical uncertainty and information asymmetry between the doctor and the patient, a reasonable degr...

Medical professionalism in a changing SAR.