2020
DOI: 10.4300/jgme-d-19-00668.1
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Understanding Unprofessionalism in Residents

Abstract: hile all residents are expected to meet medical professionalism standards, there is a general lack of consensus regarding how to define, teach, assess, and remediate residents with behaviors demonstrating a lack of professionalism. 1-8 Thus, it is not surprising that addressing unprofessionalism is among the most difficult challenges facing medical educators. While more literature exists on approaches to unprofessionalism among medical students than residents, the underlying issues are likely to be similar, an… Show more

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“…Program-mandated visits usually were part of a remediation plan for disruptive or unprofessional behavior in the workplace. Since mental health factors often contributed to the need for resident professionalism remediation, 9 the fewer program mandated visits may be because residents are more freely accessing FSAP and are better coping with issues like burnout, life stressors, and mental illness. As a result, there are fewer episodes of obvious decompensation that would require a mandatory referral by program leadership.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Program-mandated visits usually were part of a remediation plan for disruptive or unprofessional behavior in the workplace. Since mental health factors often contributed to the need for resident professionalism remediation, 9 the fewer program mandated visits may be because residents are more freely accessing FSAP and are better coping with issues like burnout, life stressors, and mental illness. As a result, there are fewer episodes of obvious decompensation that would require a mandatory referral by program leadership.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A conceptual framework has been proposed for evaluating and addressing lapses in PB [3]. To identify the root causes of PB lapses, it is crucial to determine whether residents understand professional expectations and are willing to adhere to them, or if there are barriers or distractions hindering their ability to exhibit professional behaviour [12]. The problem of lapses in PB is not specific to any specialty and appears to be occurring in various demographic groups/countries [13][14][15].…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Therefore, we found the article by Seehusen, ''Understanding Unprofessionalism in Residents,'' to be highly relevant to this quandary. 1 Seehusen provides 3 main questions to guide a program toward the underlying cause of a fallout in professionalism. The question most salient to our situation and most easily answered is: ''Does the resident understand professional expectations?''…”
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confidence: 99%