Descriptors for unprofessional behaviours of medical students: a systematic review and categorisation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Developing professionalism is a core task in medical education. Unfortunately, it has remained difficult for educators to identify medical students' unprofessionalism, because, among other reasons, there are no commonly adopted descriptors that can be used to document students' unprofessional behaviour. This study aimed to generate an overview of descriptors for unprofessional behaviour based on research evidence of real-life unprofessional behaviours of medical students.

Methods

A systematic review was conducted searching PubMed, Ebsco/ERIC, Ebsco/PsycINFO and Embase.com from inception to 2016. Articles were reviewed for admitted or witnessed unprofessional behaviours of undergraduate medical students.

Results

The search yielded 11,963 different studies, 4

SUBMITTER: Mak-van der Vossen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5603020 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature