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Which experiences in the hidden curriculum teach students about professionalism?
Orit Karnieli-Miller1, T Robert Vu, Richard M Frankel
1Department of Community Mental Health and Center for Excellence in Patient-Professional Relationships in Health Care, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel. OritKM@gmail.com
Summary
Medical students
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Professionalism in Medicine
- Hidden Curriculum
Background:
- The hidden curriculum significantly influences medical student learning.
- Understanding how students perceive and attribute experiences to professionalism is crucial.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the link between hidden curriculum experiences and student-identified professionalism categories.
- To explore how different learning environments shape professionalism development.
Main Methods:
- Thematic analysis of 272 student narratives from a medical clerkship.
- Logistic regression to correlate experience types with professionalism categories (e.g., AAMC-NBME).
Main Results:
- Student experiences spanned all professionalism categories, with 'caring/compassion/communication' and 'respect' being most frequent.
- Teaching-and-learning experiences linked to excellence, leadership, and knowledge; clinical interactions linked to respect, responsibility, altruism, and integrity.
- Teamwork and communication experiences broadly associated with learning professionalism.
Conclusions:
- Student narratives reveal diverse experiences contributing to professionalism.
- Qualitative and quantitative analysis identified specific experiences linked to distinct professionalism aspects.
- Teamwork experiences are particularly vital for learning applied professionalism.
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