Clinicians should be aware of their responsibilities as role models: a case report on the impact of poor role modeling

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Table 1 Strategies for improvement of clinical role modeling

Raise awareness among clinical faculty on teaching responsibilities
Implementation of development programs on active teaching, delivering feedback, professional behavior, and ethics both in undergraduate and graduate curricula
Training of clinical teachers in self-reflective practice
Provision of institutional support (administrative, financial)
Allocation of sufficient teaching time and focus on small-group teaching
Formal institutional recognition of dedicated clinical teachers
Standardization of teaching contents and communication of clinical learning objectives
Thorough assessment of organizational ‘framework’ and of explicit as well as implicit teaching and learning