title: Enhancing professionalism using ethics education as part of a dental licensure board's disciplinary action. Part 1. An evidence-based process.
abstract: This paper describes a process and procedures for interacting with individuals who have violated the rules of professional conduct and includes descriptions of each of the assessment measures used to conduct a baseline assessment of four ethical capacities that are necessary conditions for reflective, ethical practice. The process and assessment methods are theoretically grounded in Rest's Four Component Model of Morality--a model that asserts that moral failing can result in a deficiency in any one of four abilities or capacities that are necessary for ethical behavior. Following descriptions of five well-validated assessment strategies, a synopsis of an educational intervention is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Primary Dental Care, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, USA. bebea001@umn.edu
authors.forename: Muriel J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Bebeau
mesh_terms: D004647:Employee Discipline; D004990:Ethics, Dental / Q000193:education*; D055094:Evidence-Based Dentistry; D006801:Humans; D008005:Licensure, Dental; D008960:Models, Psychological; D035863:Moral Development; D011361:Professional Competence; D013044:Specialty Boards / Q000458:organization & administration*