From: Pre-clerkship medical students’ perceptions of medical professionalism
Respectful | Respecting confidentiality |
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Culturally competent | Maintain appropriate relationships with patients |
Unbiased | Not being under the influence of drugs or alcohol |
Works well on a team | Inspiring confidence in your patient, peers, and students |
Efficiency | Not being judgmental |
Good networking skills | Maintain a neat and tidy appearance |
Organized work space | Helping to eliminate health disparities |
Leadership qualities | Separation of work and personal life |
Mature | Skillful and proficient in their specialty |
Appreciation of others time | Seeking self-improvement and evaluations from others to identify deficits |
Integrity | Reporting instances where rules of standards are not upheld |
Dependable | Maintaining a patient’s autonomy |
Having humility | Attentive to patient needs |
Consistency | Working towards improving the profession as a whole |
Even tempered remaining calm under stress | Appropriate use of social media and social interaction |
Putting patient care first | Being courteous |
Responsible use of knowledge or influence | Mindfulness of the way the public perceives medicine |
Using proper communication when interacting with patient | Informs patients before conducting any tests or examinations |
Practicing using the most current information | Honest but not callous |
Honest and forthcoming when speaking to patients | Spending more time than required if necessary |
Can clearly communicate complex ideas | Displaying appropriate body language |
Empathetic to patient situation | Wash hands |
Listens and shows interest in patients | Willing to give and receive feedback |
Able to navigate through conflict without escalating it | Knowing what is appropriate in different situations |
Supporting of other clinicians and their decisions | |
Respectful toward death and disease | |
Ethical standards, behavior and habits that promote safe treatment of patients |