title: Professionalism beyond medical school: an educational continuum?
abstract: Given the changes in society we are experiencing, the increasing focus on patient centred care and acknowledgment that medical education needs to continue not only in the residency programmes but throughout the doctors career, is not surprising. This article describes the attention currently paid to professionalism in the residency programmes, differences in perception of professionalism between patients, faculty, students and residents, differences in professionalism issues in the different educational phases, as well as their consequences for training and assessment regarding professionalism. Continuous medical education in professionalism is thereafter briefly discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Intensive Care Medicine and Internal Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Walther N K A
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: van Mook
authors.forename: Simone L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Gorter
authors.forename: Willem S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: de Grave
authors.forename: Scheltus J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: van Luijk
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: O'Sullivan
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Wass
authors.forename: Jan Harm
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Zwaveling
authors.forename: Lambert W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Schuwirth
authors.forename: Cees P M
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: van der Vleuten
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000592:standards; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D010819:Physician's Role; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards; D013337:Students, Medical