The analysis and evaluation of professionalism of 8-year program students

Abstract

Objective To evaluate the status of eight-year medical student's professionalism and provide reference for professionalism education.Methods An adaptation evaluation form on professionalism has been used to assess professionalism of 82 eight-year program students by their tutors,teachers and patients.Results Professionalism of eight-year program students overall is in a better scope,honor & integrity get highest score and responsibility & accountability get lowest score in seven evaluation elements of professionalism; Only eight indicators(total there are 29 indicators) difference was statistically significant between score of teachers and tutors,but difference with the patient score was statistically significant at the six indicators (P＜0.05),patients rated a lower score than teachers; The difference of professionalism ratings between different graders was statistically significant (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions Responsibility & accountability and communication skills education of eight-year medical students should be strengthened.The students should be educated to help their fellow workers improve inadequate facets,intervene on behalf of patients when others behave unprofessionally,recognize and deal with medical uncertainty,and enhance emotional self-control and communication skills.We should take notice of the expected aspects of doctors' professional behavior from patients when implementing professionalism education. Key words: Eight-year program students ; Professionalism; Evaluation; Analysis