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Professionalism and Interviewing

Professionalism and Interviewing. HPAP Information Session Fall 2012 Prepared by Bill Churc h. Professionalism. What is it?. Definition · Physicians subordinate their own interests to the interests of others; · Physicians adhere to high ethical and moral standards:

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Professionalism and Interviewing

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  1. Professionalism and Interviewing HPAP Information Session Fall 2012 Prepared by Bill Churc h

  2. Professionalism • What is it?

  3. Definition · Physicians subordinate their own interests to the interests of others; · Physicians adhere to high ethical and moral standards: · Physicians respond to societal needs, and their behaviors reflect a social contract with the communities served; · Physicians evince core humanistic values, including honesty and integrity, caring and compassion, altruism and empathy, respect for self, patients, peers, attendings, nurses, and other health care professionals; · Physicians exercise accountability for themselves and for their colleagues; · Physicians recognize when there is a conflict of interest to themselves, their patients, their practice · Physicians demonstrate a continuing commitment to excellence; · Physicians exhibit a commitment to scholarship and to advancing their field; · Physicians must (are able to) deal effectively with high levels of complexity and uncertainty; · Physicians reflect critically upon their actions and decisions and strive for IMPROVEMENT in all aspects of their work · Professionalism incorporates the concept of one’s moral development · The profession of medicine is a “self regulating” profession, dependent on the professional actions and moral development of its members; this concept includes one’s responsibility to the profession as a healer · Professionalism includes receiving and responding to critiques from peers, students, colleagues, superiors · Physicians must demonstrate sensitivity to multiple cultures · Physicians must maintain competence in the body of knowledge for which they are responsible; they must have a commitment to life long learning · The AAMC’s Medical School Objectives Project (MSOP) includes the attributes of altruism and dutifulness in the definition of professionalism of physicians.

  4. http://www.umassmed.edu/studentaffairs/professionalismpolicy.aspxhttp://www.umassmed.edu/studentaffairs/professionalismpolicy.aspx

  5. Cultivating Professionalism while an Undergraduate • Email • Interactions with Faculty/Staff • Interaction with Peers • Self-reflection

  6. Interviews with Health Professions Schools • https://www.aamc.org/students/aspiring/basics/284806/interview1.html MMIs • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lqamzP7YHo • http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/publish/news/newsroom/6802

  7. Interviewing - MMI

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