Teaching and Assessing Professionalism in Radiology Resident Education

O profissionalismo e suas formas de avaliação em estudantes de Medicina: uma revisão integrativa

“…A possible definition of professionalism is based on developed qualities that make the activities performed by a certain person be recognized as professional. It includes humanism, altruism, empathy, respect and honesty 15 . Likewise, it has been defined as a group of attitudes, values, behaviors, and interactions that represent the health professional's contract with society 3 .…”

“…Its definition is complex, without a unitary characterization, and includes medical ethics, science and humanity 17 . Due to the lack of one definition, it is difficult to teach it, and there may be differences between the concept given by the curriculum and what really occurs in practice 15 .…”

“…For the assessment of professionalism, attributes called "domains" have been created and subdivided into specific attributes, which facilitates analyses based on characteristics. Examples of domains are empathy, altruism, self-improvement, competency, punctuality, responsibility, respect, confidentiality, secrecy and fairness 1,4,10,15 . It should be emphasized that the process of teaching and assessing students must highlight the importance of displaying these behaviors 8 .…”

“…The way in which students understand the importance of ethical values in their profession influences their action as doctors in the future. The uncorrected mistake made in university tends to repeat itself after the education period and favors the receipt of disciplinary actions in the workplace 15,18,19 . The student must be conscious of their mistake, and the mistake must be corrected when it occurs 19 .…”

“…Students must be informed that this content is also part of their learning experience 11 . If professionalism and ethics are not emphasized during medical education, students may infer that they are not important in their education 15 researchers consider that the teaching of professionalism must be explicit in the formal undergraduate curriculum, being clear to students, so that they understand what needs to be modified in their attitudes 3,20 .…”