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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education Research
  • Psychology of Professionalism
  • Behavioral Science in Medicine

Background:

  • Professionalism in medicine is crucial for patient care.
  • Many professional behaviors necessitate strong self-control.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the role of self-control in resident professionalism.
  • To compare self- and program director ratings of resident professionalism.

Main Methods:

  • Survey study involving 215 residents and their program directors across 13 residency programs.
  • Residents completed measures of professionalism (ProDOC), social desirability, and self-control.
  • Program directors rated resident professionalism using the ProDOC.

Main Results:

  • Resident professionalism scores (ProDOC) correlated with social desirability and self-control.
  • Self-control explained 25% of the variance in resident professionalism ratings.
  • No significant correlation was found between resident self-ratings and program director ratings of professionalism.

Conclusions:

  • Self-control is a key component of medical professionalism.
  • Discrepancies between resident and program director ratings indicate challenges in assessing professionalism.
  • Further research is needed to understand and measure this complex competency.