Defining professionalism in medical education: A systematic review

Hudson BirdenUniversity Centre for Rural Health, Australia; HUDSON BIRDEN, BSc, MPH, PhD, Senior Lecturer, University Centre for Rural Health, North Coast, Centre for Values, Ethics, and the Law in Medicine, Sydney School of Public Health, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, Lismore, NSW, Australia.

Nel GlassAustralian Catholic University, Australia; NEL GLASS, RN, BA, MHPEd, PhD, FACN, Research Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing, Midwifery & Paramedicine, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.Correspondence[email protected]

Ian WilsonUniversity of Wollongong, Australia; IAN WILSON, MBBS, FRACGP, MAssess&Eval, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean, Learning & Teaching, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia

Michelle HarrisonThe University of Sydney, Australia; MICHELLE HARRISON, B.Art Ed.(Hons), Grad. Cert. TESOL, M.App.Sci. (Library & Information Management), Faculty Liaison Librarian, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, The University of Sydney, Australia

Tim UsherwoodThe University of Sydney, Australia; TIM USHERWOOD, MD, MBBS, FRACGP, FRCP, Professor of General Practice, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia

Duncan NassBankstown-Campbelltown Hospitals, Australia; DUNCAN NASS, MBBS, Medical Registrar, Bankstown-Campbelltown Hospitals, NSW, Australia.

Abstract

Introduction: We undertook a systematic review and narrative synthesis of the literature to identify how professionalism is defined in the medical education literature.

Methods: Eligible studies included any articles published between 1999 and 2009 inclusive presenting viewpoints, opinions, or empirical research on defining medical professionalism.

Results: We identified 195 papers on the topic of definition of professionalism in medicine. Of these, we rated 26 as high quality and included these in the narrative synthesis.

Conclusion: As yet there is no overarching conceptual context of medical professionalism that is universally agreed upon. The continually shifting nature of the organizational and social milieu in which medicine operates creates a dynamic situation where no definition has yet taken hold as definitive.

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