Third-year medical students' participation in and perceptions of unprofessional behaviors.
BACKGROUND
Students' perceptions of and participation in unprofessional behaviors may change during clinical clerkships.


METHODS
Third-year students anonymously reported observation, participation, and perceptions of 27 unprofessional behaviors before and five months after clerkships.


RESULTS
Student observation (21 of 27) and participation (17 of 27) in unprofessional behaviors increased (P < .05). Students perceived unprofessional behaviors as increasingly appropriate (P < .05 for six behaviors). Participation in unprofessional behaviors was associated with diminished likelihood of perceiving a behavior as unprofessional (P < .05 for nine behaviors).


CONCLUSIONS
Student observation and participation in unprofessional behaviors increased during clerkships. Participation in unprofessional behaviors is associated with perceiving these behaviors as acceptable.
Reddy
Shalini T
ST
sreddy@uchicago.edu
Farnan
Jeanne M
JM
Yoon
John D
JD
Leo
Troy
T
Upadhyay
Gaurav A
GA
Humphrey
Holly J
HJ
Arora
Vineet M
VM
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001519:Behavior; D002982:Clinical Clerkship / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D010465:Perception; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*