Professionalism

Question 1

Attributes

Answer 1

• Honesty
• Respect
• Confidentiality
• Competent
• Empathetic
• Understanding own limitations
• Integrity
• Continuous improvement
• Excellence
• Accountability
• Adherence to ethical codes of conduct
• Self care

Question 2

Doctors should be competent in what areas of professionalism

Answer 2

 Caring for patients
 Respecting patients
 Working in partnership with patients and colleagues
 Acting honestly and ethically
 Accepting the obligation to maintain and improve standards

Question 3

Medical professionalism entails what?

Answer 3

 Physicians subordinate their own interests to the interests of others.
 Physicians adhere to high ethical and moral standards.
 Physicians respond to societal needs, and their behaviours reflect a social contract with the communities served.
 Physicians evince core humanistic values, including honesty and integrity, caring and compassion, altruism and empathy,
respect for others, and trustworthiness.
 Physicians exercise accountability for themselves and for their colleagues.
 Physicians demonstrate a continuing commitment to excellence.
 Physicians exhibit a commitment to scholarship and to advancing.
 Physicians deal with high levels of complexity and uncertainty.
 Physicians reflect upon their actions and decisions.