Medical professionalism: teaching and assessment tools

Authors

• Bahareh Bahmanbijari1 ¹
• Amin Beigzadeh ²

¹ Neonatologist, Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.

² PhD Candidate of Medical Education, Research Center for Health Services Management, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

Abstract

Establishing a structured curriculum for professionalism by adopting new methods and evaluation tools within an educational environment is important in the light of the vicissitudes of changing world and medical profession. By incorporating such tools of teaching and assessing, medical students will be abreast and gain a mastery over competencies such as collaboration, communication, teamwork, and rapport skills to deal with doctors, patients, peers, and the healthcare team.

Keywords

• Professionalism
• Teaching tools
• Assessment tools

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