Competency IX - Professionalism and Role Recognition

Definitions / Levels of achievement / Assessment criteria

I. Definitions

The competent graduate recognizes the powerful impact of their professional attitudes and behavior on others and consistently displays the highest standards of excellence, duty, and accountability to patients.
The graduate values the humanity of all patients and does not exploit patients for personal gain.
He/she appreciates his/her role in working collaboratively with others to meet the health care needs of individuals and communities.

A. Level One

Students are responsible, reliable, and display integrity, honesty, courtesy, and self-discipline in classrooms and clinical settings.
Students act professionally in their early clinical situations.
They discern personal limitations and biases and find ways to overcome or adapt to them.
Students empathize with patients and respect their rights and privacy.
They know and rigorously adhere to the institution's policies and standard operating procedures.
Students become aware of ethical and legal issues in medical practice.
They articulate personal professionalism goals.
They engage in the community of medicine and medical school.

B. Level Two

Students interact capably with patients, recognize other health care providers' roles, and work cooperatively providing "patient-friendly" care.
They display emotional maturity, handle personal limitations, and suitably resolve tension and conflicts.
Students exercise sound judgment and function under pressure.
They properly and efficiently obtain and coordinate referrals, consultations.
Students perceive legal and ethical issues (Ex: greed, conflict of interest, impairment, abuse of power) in health policies and their own patient care experiences; they can ethically defend their own courses of action.
They continue their engagement in the community.

C. Level Three

Students show commitment, sensitivity to and empathy for patients and families even in the most difficult settings.
They work to enhance the availability of quality health care for all.
Students pursue excellence, in individual activities and those of the health care team and institution.
They accept responsibility for errors and try to change processes or systems as necessary to prevent error recurrence.
They assume leadership roles in the community.

A. Behaves professionally.

B. Effectively interacts with patients.

C. Effectively interacts with entire health care team and other health and community professionals.

D. Demonstrates leadership and motivation.

E. Coordinate the management of the patient's problem.

F. Mentor junior members of the health care team.

G. Participate and lead in medical community affairs.

H. Write various papers and reports, especially at level 3.