title: Third-year medical students' participation in and perceptions of unprofessional behaviors.
abstract: 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.
authors: sreddy@uchicago.edu
authors: Shalini T
authors: ST
authors: Reddy
authors: Jeanne M
authors: JM
authors: Farnan
authors: John D
authors: JD
authors: Yoon
authors: Troy
authors: T
authors: Leo
authors: Gaurav A
authors: GA
authors: Upadhyay
authors: Holly J
authors: HJ
authors: Humphrey
authors: Vineet M
authors: VM
authors: Arora
mesh_terms: 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*