BACKGROUND The main purpose of this study was to identify and understand the structure of latent traits underlying the concept of medical professionalism of Taiwanese students. METHODS A 32 item questionnaire assessing medical professionalism derived from the definition by the American Board Internal Medicine (ABIM) was distributed to 133 year seven medical students. A five-point rating scale...

rently 4 states (Minnesota, Oregon, Idaho, and North Carolina) allow MOC to count in lieu of continuing medical education for relicensing (and a number of others are moving in that direction), and participation in MOC can result in increased reimbursement through the Physician Quality and Reporting System program. The fees charged for certification and MOC go to support the complex assessment t...

Evan Wood, MD, PhD, ABIM, FRCPC, is Co-Director of the Urban Health Research Initiative at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. He is also a Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of AIDS, at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Moira McKinnon, MD, MBBS, FAFPHM, is the Chief Medical Health Officer for Saskatchewan. Robert Strang, MD, FRCPC, is...

Manuscript Number: Full Title: Basic concepts in the use of thoracic and lung ultrasound Article Type: Review Article Corresponding Author: Eric Piette, MD, FRCPC Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal Montréal, Québec CANADA Corresponding Author Secondary Information: Corresponding Author's Institution: Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal Corresponding Author's Secondary Institution: First Author: ...

Introduction: Today, development of professionalism is acritical aim of medical schools. Studies have demonstrated thatmedical students’ perceived level of professionalism is inadequateworldwide. This study aimed to investigate the medical students’perceptions of their colleagues’ professional behavior.Methods: This study is a cross-sectional study with 280 medicalstudents at Shiraz University ...

The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) has called on directors of hematology training programs to establish systems to evaluate, document, and substantiate those components of overall clinical competence considered essential for certification in the subspecialty. Many of these can be assessed only by repeated direct observations. In particular, proficiency is now required in the prepara...