“They liked it if you said you cried”: how medical students perceive the teaching of professionalism

McColl, Geoffrey J; Goss, Barbara D; Flynn, Eleanor M; Dodds, Agnes E

doi:10.5694/mja13.11230

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To the Editor: We were not surprised by the results of Birden and Underwood’s study of the attitudes of medical students to professionalism programs.1 In the context of similar issues at our university, we have recently implemented a professionalism program (“Ethical Practice–Empathic Practice” [EP2]) in our Doctor of Medicine (MD) course.

Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC.

Correspondence: gjmccoll@unimelb.edu.au

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1. Birden HH, Usherwood T. “They liked it if you said you cried”: how medical students perceive the teaching of professionalism. Med J Aust 2013; 198: 406-409. <MJA full text>
2. Symonds IM, Talley NJ. Can professionalism be taught? Med J Aust 2013; 198: 380-381. <MJA full text>
3. Reid K, Dodds A. Evaluation of Principles of Clinical Practice 2 (technical report). Melbourne: University of Melbourne, 2013.

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