Examining Health Care Students' Attitudes toward E-Professionalism.
Objective.To compare pharmacy, osteopathic medicine, dental medicine, and physician assistant (PA) students' perceptions of e-professionalism.Methods.A 20-item questionnaire was developed and administered to four cohorts of health care professions students early in their first professional year. The questionnaire contained 16 scenarios in which a hypothetical health care student or professional shared information or content electronically and students were asked to indicate how much they agreed that the scenario represented professional behavior.Results.Ninety-four percent of students completed the questionnaire. More female students were in the pharmacy and PA cohorts. There were statistical differences in students' perceptions of e-professionalism in five of 16 scenarios. Specific differences were most often between the osteopathic medicine students and the other cohorts.Conclusions.The health care professions students surveyed had similar perceptions of e-professionalism. Of the four cohorts, osteopathic medicine students appeared less conservative in their approach to e-professionalism than the other cohorts.
Midwestern University Chicago College of Pharmacy, Downers Grove, Illinois.
Jacob P
JP
Gettig
Midwestern University College of Health Sciences, Downers Grove, Illinois.
Sandhya
S
Noronha
Kansas City University, Kansas City, Missouri.
John
J
Graneto
Midwestern University Dental Institute, Downers Grove, Illinois.
Lillian
L
Obucina
Midwestern University Dental Institute, Downers Grove, Illinois.
Kelli J
KJ
Christensen
Midwestern University Chicago College of Pharmacy, Downers Grove, Illinois; Associate editor, American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, Alexandria, Virginia.
Nancy F
NF
Fjortoft
D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004497:Education, Dental; D004512:Education, Pharmacy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010021:Osteopathic Medicine / Q000191:economics; D010823:Physician Assistants / Q000193:education; D024382:Professional Role; D000068616:Professionalism; D013334:Students; D013339:Students, Pharmacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
e-professionalism; electronic media; health care students; interdisciplinary; professionalism