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Survey of the importance of professional behaviors among medical students, residents, and attending physicians.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21602441     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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OBJECTIVE: The authors compared the importance of items related to professional behavior among medical students rotating through their psychiatry clerkship, psychiatry residents, and attending psychiatrists.
METHOD: The authors sent an electronic survey with 43 items (rated on the scale 1: Not at All Important; to 5: Very Important) to medical students, psychiatry residents, and attending psychiatrists at one academic center.
RESULTS: Medical students rated several items in the categories Personal Characteristics and Interactions With Patients significantly less important than did residents and attending psychiatrists. Both medical students and attending psychiatrists rated the category Social Responsibility significantly less important than did residents.
CONCLUSION: All three groups surveyed rated the majority of items as Important or Very Important, indicating that they value professional behavior. Resident physicians had the highest mean score in every category measured. Overall, medical students rated most items related to professionalism as less important than the two other groups surveyed.
Authors:
Mary K Morreale; Richard Balon; Cynthia L Arfken
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry     Volume:  35     ISSN:  1545-7230     ISO Abbreviation:  Acad Psychiatry     Publication Date:  2011  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-05-23     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8917200     Medline TA:  Acad Psychiatry     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  191-5     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
From the Departments of Psychiatry and Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
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