• Pak J Med Sci · Jul 2021

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    Scoping Review of frequently highlighted attributes of Medical Professionalism in an Undergraduate Medical Education Context.

    • Kamran Sattar, Muhamad Saiful Bahri Yusoff, Wan Nor Arifin, YasinMohd Azhar MohdMAMMohd Azhar Mohd Yasin: MD, MMed (Psy). Department of Psychiatry, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, Kelantan, Malaysia., and Mohd Zarawi Mat Nor.
    • Kamran Sattar, MBBS AcadMEd AoME (UK), MMedEd UoD (UK), PhD Scholar. Department of Medical Education, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia.
    • Pak J Med Sci. 2021 Jul 1; 37 (4): 1221-1229.

    Background And ObjectivesMedical Professionalism (MP) establishes the trust between society and doctors. We aimed at finding frequently highlighted qualities of MP in the literature.MethodsWe searched PubMed and Scopus for attributes of MP, using terms, "Professionalism," "Medical Students," and "Undergraduate Medical Education". We included English language, original research articles with MP attributes from the perspective of undergraduate medical education, any nationality, race, gender, and age range, as the central topic of the article. Papers published from January 1st 1986 to 29th February 2020 were included.ResultsFrom 1349 identified articles, finally, 18 were included, authored in 10 countries, collectively contributing to answering the scoping review question. Two themes were identified: (1) Nurturing of MP, 11 (61.11%) out of 18 included articles, highlighted "respect" as the most dominant attribute as it appeared in 6 (54.55%) out of 11 reviews, "communication" 5 (45.45 %) studies and "honesty" and "integrity" 4 (36.36%). (2) Assessment of MP, 7 (38.89%) studies, and majority, 4 (57.14 %) assessed MP using American Board of Internal Medicine's elements of MP, viz, "altruism, accountability, excellence, duty, honor and integrity, respect for others."ConclusionsThemes exemplified MP's most discoursed issues. The attributes are frequently used worldwide. MP deliberates as a commitment toward the individual patient, society, and necessitates transforming from its present generic form to more explicit details.Copyright: © Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences.

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