title: Professionalism and ethics: A proposed curriculum for undergraduates.
abstract: Professionalism is the attributes, behaviors, commitments, values, and goals that characterize a profession. In medical professional, it encompasses strong societal role and involves emotional component too. On the other hand, ethics is the study of morality - careful and systematic analysis of moral decisions and behaviors and practicing those decisions. Medical ethics focuses primarily on issues arising out of the practice of medicine. It is generally believed that professionalism and ethics are caught by watching your teachers and seniors and not taught formally. Professionalism and ethics are previously diffused passively to the students through "the hidden curriculum," leaving a lot to chance. However, over the time, it has been advocated that graduates need to be formally trained in the concepts of professionalism and ethics. In this paper, we propose a formal curriculum on professionalism and ethics, tailor-made for Indian medical graduates.
authors: Department of Pharmacology, Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Bathinda, Punjab, India.
authors: Rajiv
authors: R
authors: Mahajan
authors: Department of Pharmacology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors: Blessed Winston
authors: BW
authors: Aruldhas
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
authors: Monika
authors: M
authors: Sharma
authors: Department of Pharmacology, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
authors: Dinesh K
authors: DK
authors: Badyal
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
authors: Tejinder
authors: T
authors: Singh
keywords: Curriculum; ethics; medical; professional