ASSESSMENT OF PROFESSIONALISM AMONG MEDICAL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL.

Dr.M.Muhil; Dr.Umapathy Sembian; Dr. D. Priyanka

Volume : IX, Issue : VIII, August - 2019

ASSESSMENT OF PROFESSIONALISM AMONG MEDICAL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL.

Dr. M. Muhil, Dr. Umapathy Sembian, Dr. D. Priyanka

Abstract :

Medical Professionalism has existed ever since from the time of Hippocratic Oath taken by Doctors and it is Professionalism that makes our profession a sacred one (Lynne Met.al 2007)2. With the increasing number of Medical colleges over the past two decades the standard of Doctors has gone down due to lack of Medical Professionalism training (Epstein RMet.al 2002)3. The only key to produce professional Medicos is by reforming the teaching and learning methods (Passi Vet.al 2010)4. The aim of the study was to assess the medical professionalism among medical students in a tertiary care teaching Hospital. After the approval of Institutional Ethical committee, the study was conducted among 300 medical undergraduate students by using a Standardized Questionnaire on Professionalism by General Medical Council (MCI 2014)5. The study revealed that there is an association between medical professionalism and Year of study where Interns had the highest mean value of Professionalism followed by Final year MBBS students and 3rd year MBBS students. We conclude that Professionalism should be assessed and the awareness should be created in a proper way according to year of study so that highly professional doctors can be produced for the future world.