Assessment of professionalism between medical students in clinical situations

objectives: Professionalism is an important competency in medical education. Evaluation as a solutioncould help us to distinguish the current situation of professionalism. The aim of this article is to study theevaluation methods for professionalism in medical education.Methods and Materials: This paper reviews the analytic literature on evaluation of professionalism. Wesearched the approved databases in medical education by keywords related to evaluation of professionalismsince 1999 until 2014 and found 23 best evidences to describe the evaluation in professionalism.Results: Evaluation of professionalism is studied according to content of evaluation, evaluator, time, placeand methods. Content of evaluation is summarized in some sections like ethics, personality, professionalprinciples. Evaluators are physicians, members of healthcare team and patients. The evaluation could bedone in real or invitro environments. The methods of evaluations are diverse and the reliability and validityof them are suspicious.Conclusion: According to studied articles, the evaluation of professionalism is different of otherevaluations in methods of evaluation, tools, time and evaluator. We can’t define a special tool for all detailsof professionalism, which is helpful in all situations. It’s better to apply a special tool for every detail andnotice to measuring scores, validity and reliability of tools.

Keywords:

Medical education , professionalism , assessment