Assessing Professionalism

Topic: Assessing Professionalism

Below are three articles that describe various approaches to assess the behaviors, skills and attitudes concerning professionalism.

  • Wilkinson TJ, Wade WB & Knock LD. A blueprint to assess professionalism: Results of a systematic review. Acad  Med. 2009 May; 84(5):551-8. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31819fbaa2.  

  • Hodges BD, Ginsburg S, Cruess R, Cruess S, Delport R, Hafferty F, Ho M-J, Holmboe E, Holtman M, Ohbu S, Rees C, Ten Cate O, Tsugawa Y, Van Mook W, Wass V, Wilkinson T & Wade W. Assessment of professionalism: Recommendations from the Ottawa 2010 conference. Med Teach. 2011; 33:354-363.  doi:10.3109/0142159X.2011.577300

  • Young ME, Cruess SR, Cruess RL, Steinert Y.  The Professionalism Assessment of Clinical Teachers (PACT): The reliability and validity of a novel tool to evaluate professional and clinical teaching behaviors. Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract. 2014 Mar; 19(1):99-113. doi: 10.1007/s10459-013-9466-4. Epub 2013 Jun 11; 2014.