Table 2 M2- Medical Professionalism Attributes
From: Pre-clerkship medical students’ perceptions of medical professionalism
Dependable | Non-maleficence |
|---|---|
Responsible | Responsiveness |
Respecting colleagues and their opinions | Helping colleagues and peers when they need it |
Treating all patients equally despite gender, race or religion | Able to adjust well to different situations |
Putting the patient first | Intrinsically motivated |
Competent | Time management |
Knowledgeable | Keeping personal beliefs separate from medical advice |
Acting with Integrity | Tolerance |
Empathy | Able to work well with a spectrum of people |
Commitment to providing quality care | Confident but also modest |
Dedicated to the work | Acknowledging your own limitations |
Team player; knowing when to lead and when to support | Timeliness |
Beneficence | Holding yourself to a high standard at all times. Maintaining a professional … |
Compassionate | How you present yourself (attire, language used, body language) |
Attentive listener | Admitting mistakes. Accepting responsibility for success and failures |
Avoiding conflicts of interest | Inspire confidence in others including patients and families (giving people a … |
Culturally competent | Giving people your full attention and not being distracted |
Discipline | Having the courage to stand up for yourself and others when you feel there … |
Open-mindedness | Being non-judgmental and objective |
Maintaining trust and confidentiality | Spread your wealth of knowledge |
Appropriate interactions with other members of the patient care team | Innovative - Always seeking to advance or improve medical practice/patient care |
Considerate of patients’ rights and needs | Setting appropriate boundaries for patients/physicians |
Preventing external factors from interfering with patient interactions | Respecting the authority of your superiors and the boundaries set by them |
Caring about the education of patients | Attitude of consideration for ethics and ethical principles |
Communicates well | Holding others accountable to maintain professionalism |
Having a good attitude | Showing consideration and eliminating inequality for marginalized groups |
Managing stress | Strive to continue and maintain your medical education and knowledge |
Maintaining moral code | Asking for feedback from the people around you and learning from it |
Speaking respectfully | Never showing up for work impaired by drugs or alcohol |
Maintaining composure when dealing with all patients | Being a positive role model for your patients in their moments of weakness |
Looking over things; double-checking | Showing dignity to your patients in their moments if weakness |
Being humble | Recognizing that taking care of a patient’s health is a privilege and act … . |
Patience | |
Safety in performing medical procedures |