Recent calls to focus on identity formation in medicine propose that educators establish as a
goal of medical education the support and guidance of students and residents as they …

Teaching medical professionalism is a fundamental component of medical education. The
objective is to ensure that students understand the nature of professionalism and its …

Teachers need to be aware of the conscious and unconscious components of learning from
role modelling, so that the net effect of the process is positive

In 1990, George Miller published an article entitled “The Assessment of Clinical Skills/Competence/Performance”
that had an immediate and lasting impact on medical education. In his …

Purpose: To provide a working definition of professionalism for medical educators. Summary:
Thus far, the literature has not provided a concise and inclusive definition of the word …

There are educational principles that apply to the teaching of professionalism during
undergraduate education and postgraduate training. It is axiomatic that there is a single cognitive …

The subject of professionalism is often referred to in the medical literature, but the word itself
is rarely defined—and it is assumed that physicians understand what it means to be a …

As health care has become of great importance to both individual citizens and to society, it
has become more important to understand medicine’s relationship to the society it serves in …

This book presents ideas, evidence and guidance for those interested in using the most
recent advances in knowledge about learning and human development to enhance medical …

The presence of a variety of independent learning theories makes it difficult for medical
educators to construct a comprehensive theoretical framework for medical education, resulting in …