Importance of faculty role modelling for teaching professionalism to medical students: Individual versus institutional responsibility.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study explores the perceptions of final year medical students and clinical faculty with regard to role modelling in teaching professionalism.

Methods

In this qualitative research design, we used the Constructivist Grounded Theory model. Six semi-structured interviews with faculty from six clinical specialties and three focus group discussions with 22 final year students were conducted. We applied initial, focused and selective coding along with a thematic analysis of the subject to develop a core category. This is the first part of a larger study that addresses the impact of positive role modelling on teaching professionalism. Findings relevant to negative role modelling are being reported in a subsequent paper.

Results

The results showed consensus that

SUBMITTER: Bashir A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8802861 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature