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Professionalism:  Assessment Approaches

What is Assessed? How is it Assessed?
frequency of encountering and comfort with selected ethical situations
(Assessment of Ethics Education)
self-administered, rating form
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responses to ethical scenarios
(Beijing-San Francisco Study of Medical Practices)
self-administered, rating form with 7 vignettes
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opinions about professional/ethical behaviors
(Challenges to Professionalism Questionnaire)
self-administered, vignettes
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incidents of unprofessional behavior
(Clinical Anesthesia System of Evaluation)
free form questionnaire on cards completed by attendings daily
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professional behavior
(A comparison of three approaches to collecting information about professional behaviors)
checklist, free form questionnaire, evaluation session notes
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cynicism
(Cynicism in Medicine Questionnaire)
self-administered rating form
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values
(Direct Observation of Values)
audiotape of live enounters and field notes are coded
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behavioral responses at ethics stations
(The Ethics Objective Structured Clinical Examination)
Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)
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opinions about ethical and unethical behavior
(Judgment of Physician Behaviors)
self-administered rating form
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unprofessional behavior
(Noncognitive Professional Attributes Evaluation Form)
rating form and free form questionnaire completed by faculty
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ability to recognize and address ethical issues
(Performance-based Assessment of Moral Reasoning and Ethical Judgment)
rating by SP and self-administered free form questionnaire
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knowledge, attitudes and confidence pertaining to selected ethical issues
(Questionnaire for House Officers)
self-administered rating form
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cultural competence
(Ramsey Multicultural Family and Community Medicine Curriculum Resident Self-Evaluation of Five Levels of Cultural Competence)
self-administered rating form
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sensitivity to ethical issues self-administered, free form questionnaire with 4 vignettes
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unprofessional behavior
(UCSF School of Medicine Physicianship Evaluation Form)
rating form and free form questionnaire completed by faculty during each rotation
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willingness to deceive self-administered rating form with 5 vignettes
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