Capturing Professionalism In Pre-Service Education: Professionalism Tool Development and Implementation

Abstract

Recognizing that all health professions educational programs seek to graduate students possessing characteristics embodying the nebulous concept of professionalism, educators in four imaging and radiation science programs and a clinical laboratory science program collaborated to create a measurement tool for professionalism in pre-service education. The Student Professional Behavior Evaluation Tool and the process for its development and implementation are described.

Making the professionalism curriculum for undergraduate medical education more relevant

“…As described by Van der Vleuten, the five criteria for a useful method of assessment are: (1) reliability (accuracy and reproducibility), (2) validity (whether it measures what it claims to measure), (3) impact on future learning and practice, (4) acceptability to learners and faculty and (5) costs (to the institution, trainee or society) (Van der Vleuten 1996). Evaluations should measure the students' utilization of the professional behaviors and systematically monitor the student's progress in a consistent, legitimate and influential way (Russell et al 2011). This reaffirms the importance of a standardized definition of professionalism, allowing for transparency and easier translation to the evaluation process.…”