"It is a useful exercise to take a step out of your comfort zone, and really examine the driving force behind your attitudes, and actions. It is not something that we as clinicians are often comfortable doing ..."I invite you to click on the link and read the full posting.
Labels: BMJ, leadership, motivation, professionalism, role of physician
posted by Ann Celestine @ 9:49 AM
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"Nurses continue to outrank other professions in Gallup's annual Honesty and Ethics survey. Eighty-one percent of Americans say nurses have "very high" or "high" honesty and ethical standards, a significantly greater percentage than for the next-highest-rated professions, military officers and pharmacists."Nurses have topped the list for eleven years straight! Medical Doctors ranked 6th place this year with sixty-six percent.
Labels: behaviour of doctors, behaviour of nurses, ethical behaviour, honesty, medical ethics, professional integrity, professionalism
posted by Ann Celestine @ 1:33 PM
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JAMA this week released the findings of a study which looked at the toll burnout is taking among medical students.Labels: burnout, medical education, medical student behavior, medical students, professionalism, stress, unprofessional conduct
posted by Ann Celestine @ 3:15 PM
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"Sweeping generalisations such as 'the medics are the clever geeks and the surgeons are the cool heroes’ may masquerade in jest but both health professionals and the media have a huge obligation to project a positive image of their own specialty rather than badmouthing others ... it is through an attitude of arrogance and disregard for others choices ... that a universal hierarchy of specialties has been allowed to persist... such a chain of command may eventually influence the priority level of various specialties within healthcare and thus impinge upon patient treatment."Click on the title to read the full article "Why does everyone love a brain surgeon?" by Priya Garg, 5th year medical student at Imperial College, London.
Labels: career choices, culture of healthcare, inter-specialty relations, media influence, medical education, medical specialties, professional rivalry, professionalism
posted by Ann Celestine @ 11:55 AM
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