Healthcare Professionalism: Education, Research & Resources

Considerations for Standards and Diversity when Assessing Professionalism.

Stan Hamstra, PhD, discusses how standards were developed, professionalism relationship with professional identity formation, standards conflict with diversity, what organizations are doing to revise standards, who should set the standards, and the future research with Barbara Lewis, MBA. 

Professional Identity Formation: Closing the Gap between UME to GME and Beyond

Cecile Ferrando, MD, MPH, talks about how professional identity formation is taught in undergraduate medical education compared with what is taught in graduate medical education, assessment, faculty development, the consequence of not having a reflective practice, and resources with Barbara Lewis, MBA. 

Defining Professionalism and Developing Guidelines

Evette Allen Moore, PhD, discusses professionalism and humanism definitions, how those definitions change across generations and cultures, how to deal with people's view of unprofessionalism, and recognizing biases with Barbara Lewis, MBA. 

Levels of Oppression – Personal, Interpersonal and Systemic

Jan Altman, PhD, talks about what we can do to challenge oppression, personal learned behaviors, microaggressions, unlearning oppressive behavior, taking a self-inventory, and examining emotional intelligence with Barbara Lewis, MBA. 

Building Empathy Among Healthcare Workers

Ellen M. Friedman, MD, FACS, FAAP, discusses the research around empathy, the value of communication skills, the relationship with compliance, how clinicians can learn empathy, with Barbara Lewis, MBA. Link to the video, The Threats Among Us, at https://www.bcm.edu/education/academic-faculty-affairs/center-for-professionalism/the-threads-among-us  

The Inception of a Professionalism Curriculum for a Multidisciplinary Team

Tamara Haynes, MD, talks about professionalism as a scaffold of interdisciplinary identity to optimize care, the barriers to teaching professionalism, bite-size teaching, and the use of a logic model with Preston Reynolds, MD, PhD, MACP.  

Developing a Medical Student Peer Support Program

Kathy Snyder, MD, discusses the peer support program that she started when she was a medical student at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine with Barbara Lewis, MBA. 

Implementation of a Virtual Workshop to Address Bias and Other Negative Behaviors in the Clinical Learning Environment 

Stacey Rose, MD, FACP, FIDSA, talks about selecting topics to cover in the learners' workshop, real-world case studies, stakeholder buy-in, the value of videos vs. text description, small group discussions, feedback, and barriers with Barbara Lewis, MBA.

Cultivating Student Success Through Interview Practice: Designing, Coordinating, and Implementing a Mock Interview Week

Madison Tarleton and Jeddie Herndon talk about the mock interview week that they launched, the help that  students need, the type of questions, lessons learned, and feedback from the students with Barbara Lewis, MBA. 

Imperative for Faculty Development in Professionalism

Patricia Sexton, MS, DHEd, FNAOME, talks about creating a faculty development workshop, the inward focus of faculty development in professionalism, faculty buy-in, needs assessment, barriers, and mistakes with Barbara Lewis, MBA.

Health Coach Program

Mehr Grewal, the busy 16-year-old talks about the international foundation that she founded, Worth a Shot, her work with UDH Health Coach in the Haitian community, and Clean Hands Collective, which installed outdoor sinks in Seattle during the pandemic with Barbara Lewis, MBA. 

Professionalism: A Cross-Cultural, Cross-Generational Odyssey

Goran Stevanovski, MD, discusses his Fulbright research on medical professionalism and identity formation, the cultural assimilation of the global citizen, differences among medical error reporting in three countries, including the U.S., and how we can enculturate International Medical graduates with Barbara Lewis, MBA.  

Are We a Health Care Industry or a Disease Care Industry?

Shak Rehman, MD, CSH, FACP, FACH, answers the question, Are We a Health Care Industry or a Disease Care Industry? He talks about how to build a patient-centric practice, how to increase patients' satisfaction, the importance of communication skills, and staging patients, which improves patient satisfaction scores, with Barbara Lewis, MBA.

Building More Inclusive Care Focus Through Intercultural Communication

Archana Pathak, PhD, discusses how her background from India impacted her career, intercultural communication, and how we can have more inclusive care with Barbara Lewis, MBA.

Let It Go, Let It Grow: How to Stimulate Professional Identity Formation

Anne de la Croix, PhD,  co-author of the Reflective Zombie, talks about what not to do with learners when it comes to Professional Identity Formation (PIF), what stimulates PIF, the importance of reflection and when reflection should occur with Barbara Lewis, MBA. 

Assessing Interprofessional Education

Carolyn Giordano, PHD, FASAHP, FNAP, talks about her role as the associate dean for assessment and evaluation, successful interprofessional education (IPE), the measurement of success, observational tools, the steps to creating IPE, technology in IPE, barriers, and SMART goals with Barbara Lewis, MBA.

Don’t Jeopardize Your License to Practice

Stuart Kinsinger, DC, MA, talks about situations that can jeopardize licenses, such as misrepresentations including falsification of re-licensure, communication between colleagues,  fraudulent billing, inaccurate and faulty clinical records,  obsruction of an investigation; plus how burnout causes missteps, and the importance of reading the boards' material with Barbara Lewis, MBA.

Professionalism Lapses in Medicine: How to Avoid Common Traps

Barbara Walker, DO, FACOFP, talks about the role of medical boards vs medical federations, solutions for professionals lapses, how to avoid boundary issue lapses, social media issues, how lapses have changed over the years, the importance of self-care, her expectations of what should be taught, and resources with Barbara Lewis, MBA.

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Building a Social Justice Curriculum for Faculty

Jill Konkin, MClSc, MD, CCFP, FCFP, FRRMS, discusses her rural medicine background, her work at the medical school in Nepal, her LEEP project around social justice including brave spaces, critical consciousness, and critical pedagogy, and her LEEP mentors with Preston Reynolds, MD, PhD, MACP.  

Professional Identity Development of Senior Medical Students and the Recitation of the Hippocratic Oath

Andrea Anderson , MD, Med, FAAFP, talks about her Leadership Excellence in Education for Professionalism (LEEP) program sponsored by APHC and her project on students' perspectives of the Hippocratic Oath, the relevancy of the Oath,and the value of reciting the Oath out loud and together with Preston Reynolds, MD, PhD, MACP.

AMA Journal of Ethics

Audiey Kao, MD, PhD, talks about the Journal of Ethics' theme topics and their annual call for students, residents, and fellows to apply as guest editors of issues with themes that are relevant to them, the process, the stipend, upcoming issues,  podcasts resources, and the benefits of being a gues editor with Barbara Lewis, MBA. 

Building Professional Identity Through Community Engagement and Outreach

Anita Chopra, MD, discusses her Leadership Excellence in Education for Professionalism (LEEP) project, Building Professional Identity Through Community Engagement and Outreach with Preston Reynolds, MD, PhD, MACP. "LEEP has given me wings to fly."

Mentoring vs. Coaching for Professional Formation 

Nina Multak, PhD, MPAS, PA-C, DFAAPA, talks about the differences between coaching and mentoring, the qualities of both, how to find a mentor or coach, and training opportunities with Barbara Lewis, MBA.

Narrative Reflection to Simulate Professional Formation

Lori Murray, DNP, MS, talks about the benefits of the Leadership Excellence in Education for Professionalism (LEEP) program sponsored by APHC and her project, plus nursing competencies, teaching reflective practice, Gibbs' reflective cycle, the reflect rubric, and the Groningen reflection ability scale,  with Preston Reynolds, MD, PhD, MACP.

Institute for Healthcare Improvement's Equity Initiatives

Camille Burnett, PhD, MPA, APHN-BC, BScN, RN, DSW, FAAN, CGNC, Vice President of Health Equity at the Institute of Healthcare Improvement, discusses the Institute's initiatives including the Triple Aim, the 100 million lives and the lastest program, the Rise to Health Coalition and how individuals and institutions can participate in the movement individually or collectively by Barbara Lewis, MBA. 

Act, Reflect, Connect: How Medical Students Form Their Professional Identities

Rob Shochet, MD, discusses the definition, the importance, how faculty can help learners,  the results of his research about professional identity formation, and the role of learning communities with Barbara Lewis, MBA. 

The Academy for Professionalism in Health Care Founding

David Doukas, MD, the recipient of the first APHC President's Award, talks about the genesis of the Academy for Professionalism in Health Care, and his vision for the future with Barbara Lewis, MBA. 

How Inequities in Social Determinants of Health Impact Black People’s Health

Keisha Ray, PhD, discusses treating the whole person, finding out why patients can't follow clinicians' recommendations, learning about early childhood stories and history taking to find out about social determinants of health, and teaching advocacy for the patients and within the health systems with Barbara Lewis, MBA. 

Perception of Medical Student Mistreatment: Does Specialty Matter?

Kevin O'Brien, MD, discusses his article, Perception of Medical Student Mistreatment: Does Specialty Matter? published by Academic Medicine. He talks about the most common mistreatments and how they vary across disciplines with John Spandorfer, MD. 

The Use of Vignettes in Teaching Professionalism: The Impact on Faculty and Students

Gabrielle Silveira, PhD candidate, talks about the types of vignettes, the course, and the feedback from the students and the faculty with Barbara Lewis, MBA. 

Navigating Microaggressions in Healthcare: Strategies for Self-Care and Professionalism

Marcine Pickron-Davis, PhD, and Alicia Hahn-Murphy discuss PCOM's course on microaggression, the most common microaggressions that students encounter, responding to microaggressions, bystander/upstander response, safe spaces and feedback about the course with Barbara Lewis, MBA. 

Value of Interprofessional Simulation

Adel Herge, OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA & Rick Hass, PhD, discuss safe spaces for participants, simulation examples, assessments, debriefing, and learner outcomes with team vs. observers with Barbara Lewis, MBA. 

Teaching Professional Boundaries

Janet Malek, PhD, and John Moskop, PhD, talk about boundary crossings and boundary violations, five categories of boundary violations - civility, commercial, integrity, inter-professional and personal -  and case based training with Preston Reynolds, MD, PhD, MACP.

Social Responsibility of Oral Health Care Professionals

Shavonne Healy, MSDH, RDH, talks about the dental hygenists' role in education, autonomy, non-surgical care and her Facebook study group with Preston Reynolds, MD, PhD, MACP.

Penn Experience Course: Racism, Reconciliation and Engagement

Beverley Crawford, DDS, talks about the Penn Experience program, why it was started, the changes over the three iterations, how different students interact with the material, save vs. brave spaces and actions with Preston Reynolds, MD, PhD, MACP.

Conscientious Refusals to Provide Morally Contested Healthcare Services by Healthcare Professionals

Jason Eberl, discuss the reasons for conscientious refusals, the law protecting consientious refusals and the various viewpoints with Barbara Lewis, MBA. 

Communication Skills that Build Trust and Equitable Relationships

Laura Cooley, PhD, talks about the content of her book, Communication RX: Transforming Healthcare Through Relationship Centered Communication, published by McGraw-Hill, the communication triangle, how to develop equity in a conversation and other topics with Barbara Lewis, MBA.

Religious Discrimination and Accommodation of Clinicians in Academic Medicine

Aasim Padela, MD, MSc, FACEP, discuss his research on discrimination against Muslim clinicians as well as the lack of religious accomodations over an eight year period with Barbara Lewis, MBA. 

Transformative Learning in Healthcare

William Branch, MD, talks about small group teaching, skills development with critical reflection and interprofessional education enhancing relationships with Preston Reynolds, MD, PhD, MACP.

Ikigai Philosophy - Student Professional Identity Formation and Well-Being in Medical Education

Medical students Kevin Kuang and Jason Kim talk about working with their professor and uncovering the benefits of the Ikigai Philosophy, which is built on four pillars - what you like, what you're good at, what the world needs and what you can be paid for with Preston Reynolds, MD, PhD, MACP.

Equity in Health Professions Schools

Vondolee Delgado-Nixon, PhD, FAAO, discusses programs for underrepresented students and programs for those who cannot afford eyecare with Preston Reynolds, MD, PhD, MACP. 

When Professional Virtues Lead to Professional Problems

Catherine Caldicott, MD, FACP, talks about virtue ethics, examples of professional lapses, professional and personal policies developed by clinicians, the most common violations and exceptions with Preston Reynolds, MD, PhD, MACP. 

Just in Time Teaching Tools

Alice Fornari, EdD, FAMEE, RDN, HEC-C, talks about her app, Just In Time Teaching (JITT), for faculty  with 20 content areas each anchored with an evidence-based article  with Preston Reynolds, MD, PhD, MACP.  

DEI in Academic Institutions

Beverley Crawford, DDS, talks about her journey in becoming a dentist, her role as Director of Student Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania and the Penn Experience program with Preston Reynolds, MD, PhD, MACP.

Book Discussion: Principles of Medical Professionalism

Gia Merlo, MD, MBA, talks about her book, Principles of Medical Profession,  the importance of physician wellness, the need to address the social determinants and chronic diseases with prevention through intervention of lifestyle medicine with Preston Reynolds, MD, PhD, MACP.

The Interface of Ethics, Medical Professionalism and GME: The Gundersen Experience

Tom Harter, PhD, discusses how advance care planning shifted the culture at Gunderson, the impact of the learning environment with an ethicist integrated into the practice, conscientious objection and remediation with Preston Reynolds, MD, PhD, MACP.

Disability in Higher Education

Pamela Zarkowski, JD, MPH, talks about recruiting and inspiring people with disabilities including access, and creating an inclusive strategic plan with Preston Reynolds, MD, PhD, MACP. 

Faculty Development for Antiracism and Allyship

Ellen Pearlman, MD, discusses the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell faculty antiracism progrm with 11 skills, adult learning principles, program format and evalution  with Preston Reynolds, MD, PhD, MACP. 

Introducing the Concepts of Professionalism in Post Graduate Education

Sasha Adams, MD, discusses the faculty as the key in role modelng professionalism, letting faculty know about their impact on the residents, letting go faculty who don't have a positive impact on the environment and the subsequent transformation of the department with Preston Reynolds, MD, PhD, MACP.