title: How we implemented an integrated professionalism curriculum to 2nd year medical students at the National University of Ireland Galway Medical School, with examples from students' final output.
abstract: Since the introduction of professionalism in medical curricula worldwide, little evidence has been published to exemplify good educational practice. The Medical school at the National University of Ireland Galway teaches professionalism in an interdisciplinary manner, integrating the learning objectives of health informatics, understanding health & illness in society, medical law and ethics. Students work in small groups on clinical cases. Enquiry-based learning is used as the teaching method following a few introductory lectures on specific objectives. Students present their work in the format of a scientific essay. The latter is assessed by a board of reviewers. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate evidence of excellent professional output and illustrate the benefits to a fully integrated professionalism curriculum.
authors.affiliation: National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland.
authors.forename: Antonia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McNair
authors.forename: Conor
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moran
authors.forename: Erinn
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: McGrath
authors.forename: Syed
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naqvi
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Connolly
authors.forename: Verna
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: McKenna
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kropmans
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012577:Schools, Medical