Developing a two-dimensional model of unprofessional behaviour profiles in medical students.

ABSTRACT: Standardized narratives or profiles can facilitate identification of poor professional behaviour of medical students. If unprofessional behaviour is identified, educators can help the student to improve their professional performance. In an earlier study, based on opinions of frontline teachers from one institution, the authors identified three profiles of medical students' unprofessional behaviour: (1) Poor reliability, (2) Poor reliability and poor insight, and (3) Poor reliability, poor insight and poor adaptability. The distinguishing variable was Capacity for self-reflection and adaptability. The current study used Nominal Group Technique and thematic analysis to refine these findings by synthesizing experts' opinions from different medical schools, aiming to develop a model of unprof

SUBMITTER: Mak-van der Vossen MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6484089 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature