Professionalism: Etiquette or Habitus?

Early years students, professionalism and the development of a ‘vocational habitus’

Professional etiquette.

General:  Address people with consideration Everyone!– even when frustrated  Always know the attire for the meeting/interview you will be attending. Even if you are just dropping something off to an office please wear appropriate attire. This does not mean a suit but it does mean business casual attire.  Shake hands firmly  If wearing a nametag place it on the right (when you extend to shak...

Etiquette-based medicine.

n engl j med 358;19 www.nejm.org may 8, 2008 1988 P ideally deserve to have a compassionate doctor, but might they be satisfied with one who is simply well-behaved? When I hear patients complain about doctors, their criticism often has nothing to do with not feeling understood or empathized with. Instead, they object that “he just stared at his computer screen,” “she never smiles,” or “I had no...

Professionalism.

Humanism or professionalism? The White Coat Ceremony and medical education.

In this article, the author challenges the widely held assumption that humanism and professionalism are necessarily complementary themes in medical education. He argues that humanism and professionalism are two very different value systems with different rationales, different goals, and different agendas. Whereas humanism is a universal, egalitarian ideology, professionalism represents the paro...