Mohamed H. Kamel
Egypt
Research Article
Assessing Professionalism among Residents: Peer and Self-assessment
Author(s): Amira Salem Alsagheer Ismail, Wagdy Talaat Youssef, Mohamed Hany Kamel and Nahla Hassan Elsayed
Amira Salem Alsagheer Ismail, Wagdy Talaat Youssef, Mohamed Hany Kamel and Nahla Hassan Elsayed
Objective: Assessing professional attitudes and behaviors as components of professionalism among residents at the Suez Canal University Hospital (SCUH).
Methodology: The study was a descriptive, cross sectional study, included residents at the Suez Canal University Hospital. A validated questionnaire to assess the professionalism components (attitude and behavior) was used. The first part of this questionnaire is a peer assessment through the Scale to Measure Professional Attitudes and Behaviors in Medical Education. The second part is Self-assessment questions from UMKC-SOM Climate of Professionalism Survey (University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine). It contains 10 questions about professional behavior rated (mostly-often-sometimes-rarely).
Results: Residents are capable of consistently performing professio.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2375-4516.1000148