Faculty development for teaching and evaluating professionalism: from programme design to curriculum change

• Published in: Medical education Vol. 39; no. 2; pp. 127 - 136
• Main Authors: Steinert, Yvonne, Cruess, Sylvia, Cruess, Richard, Snell, Linda
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01.02.2005; Blackwell; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: curriculum; Curriculum - standards; Curriculum subjects: programmes and methods; education; Education, Medical, Undergraduate - methods; Educational sciences; Faculty, Medical - standards; faculty/education; Humans; medical; Medical and paramedical education; professional competence/standards; Professional Practice - standards; Program Evaluation; programme evaluation; role; Teaching - methods; undergraduate/standards; Medicine; Role; Evaluation; Skill; medical; education; Professionalization; Professionalism; undergraduate/ standards; professional competence/standards; teaching/methods; curriculum; faculty/education; programme evaluation; role; Curriculum Evaluation; Curriculum Development

Introduction  The recent emphasis on the teaching and evaluation of professionalism for medical students and residents has placed significant demands on medicine's educational institutions. The traditional method of transmitting professional values by role modelling is no longer adequate, and p...