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Specialty training documents implicitly define an ideal medical professional through virtues. Analyzing Dutch ENT training revealed 30 virtues, emphasizing practical wisdom and commitment, crucial for effective medical practice.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Virtue Ethics
  • Professionalism in Medicine

Background:

  • Medical specialty training relies on official documentation for resident assessment.
  • These documents often use competency roles and entrustable professional activities (EPAs) but may implicitly include virtues.
  • Virtues are essential personal qualities for medical professionals to make sound decisions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To articulate and explore virtues implicitly and explicitly present in medical specialty training documentation.
  • To identify the ideal medical professional as depicted through these virtues.

Main Methods:

  • A two-staged virtue ethical content analysis was applied.
  • Documents from the Dutch Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) specialty training program were analyzed.
  • Virtues were identified through explicit references and implicit interpretation, categorized into cardinal, intellectual, moral, and professional virtues.

Main Results:

  • Thirty virtues were identified in the ENT training program, including practical wisdom, temperance, and commitment.
  • Implicitly assumed virtues such as integrity, curiosity, flexibility, attentiveness, trustworthiness, and calmness were noted.
  • Emphasis was placed on efficiency and effectiveness, shaping the ideal future medical specialist.

Conclusions:

  • Competency frameworks and EPAs implicitly define an ideal surgeon by appealing to virtues.
  • Explicitly addressing virtue development and the role of implied professional ideals can enhance specialty training.