title: Defining fitness and aptitude to practice medicine.
abstract: The results of a study to determine the qualities and characteristics necessary for physicians to demonstrate in their practice reinforce the need for a medical school to emphasize the non-cognitive domain in its curriculum. The behaviors described in this study were written as educational objectives so that they could be evaluated with less subjectivity.
authors.affiliation: Medical Education Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Holmes
authors.forename: K V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Hennen
mesh_terms: D001076:Aptitude; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003142:Communication; D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010819:Physician's Role; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012380:Role