Medical Education Discussion Group (MEDG)

Teaching and assessing professionalism is a core component of graduate medical education, but the topic of professionalism is also a source of confusion and angst for educators and learners alike. In this seminar I hope to explore evolving definitions of professionalism in medicine, challenges that arise when we attempt to assess and remediate professional behaviors, and opportunities to work with learners as they prepare to enter the professional workforce.

Associated Clinician Educator Milestone:

ETP 2 – Educational Theory and Practice 2: Professionalism in the Learning Environment

In this session participants will be introduced to the work of FAIMER (Foundation for Advancement for Medical Education and Research) including faculty development, educational research, providing world resources, and supporting International Medical Graduates. This will be followed by a conversation on opportunities for new initiatives and potential collaborations.

Using the Harvard Medical School Cambridge Integrated Clerkship as a case example, we will explore the rationale, experiences and outcomes of longitudinal integrated clerkship models of medical education. A special focus will be on professional identity formation and maintaining health professional boundaries in a highly relational curriculum.