Benchmarking "Adequate Professionalism" During Undergraduate Medical Education: An Exploratory Survey Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Medical professionalism may be defined operationally as an amalgamation of behaviours, attributes, and adherence to standards. Assessing professionalism is challenging due to its broad and contextual nature, but also due to ambiguity around expectations of students within a given scenario. This qualitative study explores the respective opinions of students and teaching faculty at UK medical schools as to what constitutes "adequate professionalism" at defined milestones during undergraduate medical education.

Methods

Fifteen key professionalism themes were identified from published regulatory guidance. Four behavioural descriptors were written for each theme, using the lens of Miller's Pyramid to describe how a medical student might progress from "novice" to "pro

SUBMITTER: Goodwin AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12835503 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature