title: Approaches to professional behaviour assessment: tools in the professionalism toolbox.
abstract: There is general agreement that professionalism and professional behaviour should be (formatively and summatively) assessed, but consensus on how this should be done is still lacking. After discussing some of the remaining issues and questions regarding professionalism assessment, this article discusses the importance of qualitative comments to the assessment of professional behaviour, focuses on the currently most frequently used tools, as well as stresses the need for triangulation (combining) of these tools.
authors.affiliation: Department of Intensive Care and Internal Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands. w.van.mook@mumc.nl
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: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: O'Sullivan
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Wass
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: D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000592:standards*; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D006801:Humans; D010380:Peer Review / Q000592:standards; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards*; D012655:Self-Evaluation Programs / Q000592:standards; D013337:Students, Medical; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis