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- Title
Professionalism and ethics: A proposed curriculum for undergraduates.
- Authors
Mahajan, Rajiv; Aruldhas, Blessed Winston; Sharma, Monika; Badyal, Dinesh K.; Singh, Tejinder
- Abstract
Professionalism is the attributes, behaviors, commitments, values, and goals that characterize a profession. In medical professional, it encompasses strong societal role and involves emotional component too. On the other hand, ethics is the study of morality – careful and systematic analysis of moral decisions and behaviors and practicing those decisions. Medical ethics focuses primarily on issues arising out of the practice of medicine. It is generally believed that professionalism and ethics are caught by watching your teachers and seniors and not taught formally. Professionalism and ethics are previously diffused passively to the students through “the hidden curriculum,” leaving a lot to chance. However, over the time, it has been advocated that graduates need to be formally trained in the concepts of professionalism and ethics. In this paper, we propose a formal curriculum on professionalism and ethics, tailor‑made for Indian medical graduates.
- Subjects
PROFESSIONALISM; CURRICULUM; UNDERGRADUATE education; EDUCATION
- Publication
International Journal of Applied & Basic Medical Research, 2016, Vol 6, Issue 3, p157
- ISSN
2229-516X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/2229-516X.186963