Acıbadem University, School of Medicine, ‘clinical Medicine and Professional Skills' Program: Qualitative Evaluation of Medical Professionalism Outcomes

Number: 4 December 1, 2013
  • Melike Şahiner
  • Pınar Topsever
  • İnci User
  • Nadi Bakırcı
  • Willem De Grave
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Acıbadem University, School of Medicine, ‘clinical Medicine and Professional Skills' Program: Qualitative Evaluation of Medical Professionalism Outcomes

Abstract

Purpose: Changing healthcare needs of the modern society in epidemiological transition created the necessity to embed the professionalism context into medical education.Undergraduate medical education programs now adopt new approaches including different educational strategies, teaching and learning techniques as well as redefined competence areas for medical professionalism; for example, communicational skills, attitudinal and ethical issues, teamwork, evidence based practice, early exposure to clinical and ethical reasoning, preparation for practice can be mentioned. These new trends in medical education are believed to benefit good medical practice and a person centered approach of future medical professionals, thus increasing quality of care. At Acıbadem University School of Medicine the medical education curriculum is structured according to the new perspectives of medical education principles and a new pre-clinical professionality program which is called Clinical Medicine and Professional Skills CMPS . The CMPS program is providing the students a broad understanding of professionalism, ethics, communication and clinical skills, and some basic procedural skills before attending the clerkship years. At the end of the 2011-2012 academic year, the first three years of the CMPS program were completed and the students passed to the second phase clerkship period . This study aims to describe the perception of students and teachers at ACUMS about professionalism outcomes of the program

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English

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Authors

Melike Şahiner

Pınar Topsever

İnci User

Nadi Bakırcı

Willem De Grave

Publication Date

December 1, 2013

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Year 1970 Number: 4

EndNote
Şahiner M, Topsever P, User İ, Bakırcı N, Grave WD (December 1, 2013) Acıbadem University, School of Medicine, ‘clinical Medicine and Professional Skills’ Program: Qualitative Evaluation of Medical Professionalism Outcomes. Acıbadem Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi 4 175–184.