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

McGurgan, Paul M

doi:10.5694/mja13.11249

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To the Editor: Personal and professional development (PPD) as part of the medical school curriculum has been the subject of recent interest and debate in the MJA.1,2 The authors highlighted the disjunction between what is intended to be taught, what is learned and what is valued by students, with one of the conclusions being the importance of gaining student feedback on PPD.

Faculty of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA.

Correspondence: paul.mcgurgan@uwa.edu.au

Competing interests:

I coordinate the PPD program which the medical students surveyed evaluated.

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>

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