Health Care Professionalism at a Glance offers accessible coverage of an increasingly important aspect of medical and health professional education. This concise text includes how to identify and develop professional behaviours, how they are assessed, and how to challenge unprofessional behaviours.
Health Care Professionalism at a Glance: • Provides a user-friendly and thought provoking overview of health care professionalism • Introduces the main topics, key definitions and explores aspects relevant to learners and novice professionals • Considers fundamental features of professionalism that students are expected to acquire as well as how they are taught, learned and assessed • Includes summary boxes that highlight important points, reflection points, clinical cases and suggested further reading • Includes references relevant to different countries’ accrediting bodies
This important new book will assist students in understanding the nature of professionalism, its assessment, and the implications for professional practice.
About the Author
Jill Thistlethwaite is Professor & Health Professions Education Consultant, University of Technology Sydney, NSW Australia.
Judy McKimm is Professor and Dean of Medical Education, Swansea University.
