Real Professionalism

Medical professionalism--focusing on the real issues.

Rothman (April 27 issue) (1) contends that medical professionalism is losing the battle against capitalism. My colleagues and I at the American Academy of Ophthalmology agree that medicine should be practiced in the best interest of the patient, not of our pockets, but Rothman's sweeping accusations against medical specialties and the academy, which are offered as sacrificial lambs in his crusa...

Professionalism.

On professionalism.

This engineer’s view of professionalism is not far removed from the medical profession’s view, articulated by Sir Donald Irvine in his recent Duncan Memorial Lecture.2 Engineers developed their civic role through the huge engineering projects of canal and iron bridge construction during the nineteenth century, giving Thomas Telford both the technical and the moral experience which led his young...

Learning Skills of Professionalism: a Student-Led Professionalism Curriculum.

BACKGROUND Medical schools must address the fact that students embarking on careers in medicine are idealistic but have a vague understanding of the values and characteristics that define medical professionalism. Traditionally, we have relied primarily on unsystematic role modeling and lectures or seminars on related topics to teach professionalism. METHODS A committee of students and a facul...

Professionalism: part II -- teaching and assessing the learner's professionalism.

(Fam Med 2004;36(6):390-2.) Editor’s Note: In this second of a two-part series on the office-based teaching and assessment of professionalism, George D. Harris, MD, MS, of the Department of Community and Family Medicine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City describes common situations in which the preceptor can teach professionalism and important factors that contribute to the assessment of...