Web modules on professionalism and ethics

Area of Science:

• Medical Education
• Professional Ethics
• Radiology

Background:

• Healthcare professions emphasize professionalism and ethics, particularly with increased public accountability.
• Defining the necessary knowledge and developing educational materials for professionalism and ethics presents a challenge for medical physicists and radiation oncologists.

Purpose of the Study:

• To address the need for defined knowledge and accessible educational materials on professionalism and ethics in radiology, radiation oncology, and medical physics.
• To develop and disseminate a comprehensive curriculum and web-based modules on these critical topics.

Main Methods:

• The ABR Foundation initiated the development of an ethics and professionalism curriculum and 10 web-based educational modules.
• A request for proposals was distributed, and author teams were selected.
• Modules underwent a rigorous 3-stage review process, including peer review by ACR and RSNA-ACR task forces.
• Finalized modules were adapted for an e-learning platform.

Main Results:

• A comprehensive ethics and professionalism curriculum was developed.
• Ten web-based educational modules covering essential knowledge were created.
• The modules successfully passed multiple review stages and are now publicly accessible.

Conclusions:

• The developed curriculum and modules provide accessible educational resources on professionalism and ethics for healthcare professionals.
• These materials aim to enhance ethical practice and professional standards within radiology, radiation oncology, and medical physics.
• The project successfully met the challenge of creating standardized, high-quality educational content.