“…A central competency of most health care practitioners is professionalism (Bryden, Ginsberg, Kurabi, & Ahmed, 2010;Health and Care Professions Council, 2011), despite the fact that some professions, including medicine (Birden et al, 2014;van Mook et al, 2009), physiotherapy (Gersh, 2006), and occupational therapy (Aguilar, Stupans, Scutter, & King, 2012, 2013Bossers et al, 1999), find the concept difficult to define. Students face challenges in learning and understanding professionalism in the context of occupational therapy, as they have few lived experiences, while educators may also experience challenges in teaching and evaluating professionalism due to its inherent complexity (Birden et al, 2014).…”