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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Healthcare Management
  • Professional Ethics

Background:

  • Professionalism is a critical physician competency.
  • Its impact is significant in the evolving healthcare landscape.
  • Understanding professionalism is key for integrated care systems.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To define professionalism within the Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG).
  • To explore the application of professionalism in integrated care delivery systems like Kaiser Permanente.
  • To examine the components of professionalism as practiced by SCPMG.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of Stern's four principles of professionalism: excellence, humanism, accountability, and altruism.
  • Examination of SCPMG's adaptation of these principles, including a detailed breakdown of humanism.
  • Review of SCPMG's historical and current programs promoting professionalism.

Main Results:

  • SCPMG utilizes a framework based on excellence, accountability, and altruism.
  • Humanism is further defined by SCPMG into humanitarianism, respect for others, and honor and integrity.
  • SCPMG demonstrates a strong culture and history of fostering clinical excellence and professionalism.

Conclusions:

  • The SCPMG experience validates professionalism as a fundamental physician competency.
  • Professionalism is characterized by a dynamic set of behaviors.
  • This model of professionalism is applicable to integrated healthcare delivery.