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Revista Colombiana de Cirugía

versão impressa ISSN 2011-7582

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BUSTAMANTE, Eliseo  e  SANABRIA, Álvaro. Evaluation of attitudes toward professionalism in medical students. rev. colomb. cir. [online]. 2014, vol.29, n.3, pp.222-229. ISSN 2011-7582.

Introduction: Professionalism is a subject of interest in medical schools around the world. The use of a questionnaire could be useful to assess professionalism in Colombia. The aim was to assess The Penn State University College of Medicine (PSCOM) Professionalism Questionnaire in medical students and its change from basic to clinical settings. Methods: We completed a cross-sectional survey of 250 medical students using the PSCOM scale. We assessed socioeconomic and academic variables. Attitudes toward professionalism were also measured. Data are reported in frequency and comparisons were made between the basic and the clinical semesters. Results: We found reorganization in the priorities within each original scale domain in comparison with the original order. The most negative answer was 58% in the service domain. Some items decreased when students went from basic to clinical semesters. Conclusion: Medical students' attitudes toward factors that define professionalism show important weaknesses. This is a challenge for graduate education and it makes it necessary to introduce strategies to develop professional skills into the curriculum.

Palavras-chave : ethics; professional; professional competence; validation studies; leadership; translations.

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