They are the fundamental guiding principles that support all thoughts, actions, engagements, and decisions through which team members are judged or guided as they go about their patient care activities. Without these fundamental virtues guiding behavior, it would be impossible to grow or learn as individuals or as an organization. These shared virtues provide a definable set of standards that in essence are the worldview from and through which everyone interacts and is held accountable.
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Professionalism Competence: Its Role in Bringing About High-Value Care – A Case Study
Barry A. Doublestein (Regent University, USA), Walter T. Lee (Duke University Medical School, USA), and Richard M. Pfohl (Leadership Peaks, LLC, USA)
Copyright: © 2020
|Pages: 16
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2949-2.ch011
Abstract
The existing medical education paradigm is not structured in a way that prepares future physicians with knowledge or the skill set to excel in professionalism. The authors provide information in the form of a case study of a professionalism competency development program that was undertaken in the Duke University Medical School Division of Head and Neck Surgery and Communications Sciences, barriers found that impede development, and offer five reforms that are necessary in order to bring about the movement toward high-value care. The authors propose to 1) prioritize professionalism competency training in medical education, 2) make curricular revisions to promote professionalism competency training across the continuum, 3) revise selection criteria for entrance to the profession that deals with basic professionalism skills, 4) institute new prerequisite requirements for entrance to the profession centered on professionalism competency, and 5) require professionalism competency training as part of certification and re-certification processes.