Preclerkship medical students’ perceptions of medical professionalism in the College of Medicine-University of Sharjah: A vision to sustain success in medical education
نویسندگان
1 College of Medicine, University of Sharjah,
2 College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Medical Education Center, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
3 College of Medicine, University of Sharjah,
4 Department of Medicine and HIV Metabolic Clinic, Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, UK
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چکیده
INTRODUCTION: Professionalism is an essential theme in both undergraduate and postgraduatemedical education. The current study aimed to assess the preclerkship medical students’ perceptionon medical professionalism.METHODS: A cross‑sectional qualitative study using the critical incident technique was conducted atthe University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). An online survey was sent to 300 medicalstudents (years 1–3). Participants were asked to describe an official doctor–patient encounterthat they have experienced in a health‑care setting and to highlight the professional behaviorsin that encounter. They were then requested to list the top five characteristics of a professionaldoctor. Thirty (10%) medical students responded to the study; only 13 reported real incidents. Theresponses were independently reviewed by the authors. The descriptions of the professional attitudeswere grouped according to the six domains of professionalism defined by the American Board ofInternal Medicine (ABIM) Physicians Charter and then plotted against the nine domains of medicalprofessionalism published in the UAE Consensus Statement.RESULTS: The most common professional behaviors reported were patience, honesty, respect, andpatient care. The participants addressed all six domains of professionalism described by the ABIMphysicians charter (altruism, accountability, duty , excellence, honor and integrity, and respect forothers) and all the domains of medical professionalism published in the UAE Consensus Statement,except for “commitment to advocacy” and “commitment to education” domains.CONCLUSION: Preclerkship medical students had an insight about the professional behaviorsneeded from doctors before formal teaching about professionalism in the curriculum.
