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Professionalism in UK surgical training requires effective assessment. A quantifiable, multi-source feedback tool is proposed, focusing on conduct within the surgical community and understanding behavior in stressful situations.

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Area of Science:

Medical Education
Surgical Competency
Professionalism Assessment

Background:

Professionalism is a core competency domain for UK surgical trainees, necessitating learnable and assessable frameworks.
Healthcare systems and professional priorities shape the components of professionalism valued in surgical practice.
Existing professionalism assessment instruments often lack validity, reliability, and practicality.

Purpose of the Study:

To identify key characteristics valued by UK surgeons for effective professionalism assessment.
To explore the development of a professionalism assessment taxonomy, drawing parallels with the Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons (NOTSS) framework.
To evaluate potential assessment tools suitable for surgical trainees.

Main Methods:

Literature review of existing professionalism assessment instruments.
Analysis of the requirements for a practical and effective assessment process for surgical trainees.
Consideration of multi-source feedback as a quantifiable assessment method.

Main Results:

A quantifiable tool, such as multi-source feedback, is suggested as a practical approach for assessing surgical trainees' professionalism.
Assessment should encompass conduct within the surgical community of practice, not isolated behaviors.
Understanding the reasoning behind professional and unprofessional conduct, particularly under stress, is crucial.

Conclusions:

Developing a valid, reliable, and practical professionalism assessment framework is essential for UK surgical training.
Multi-source feedback offers a promising avenue for quantifiable assessment of professionalism in surgeons.
Holistic assessment considering context and underlying thought processes is vital for evaluating surgical professionalism.