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Abstract
Background: Professionalism is vital in medicine, yet gaps exist in its teaching within post-graduate medical education (PGME).
Methods: We developed an eight-session curriculum on professionalism for geriatrics residents at the University of Toronto. Topics included personal-professional identity, physician well-being, communication, and leadership, incorporating a focus on self-reflection throughout. We evaluated the curriculum in two ways: (1) we captured immediate reactions using standard evaluations with Likert-scale questions on teaching effectiveness. (2) Graduated residents participated in semi-structured interviews to assess deeper reactions and longer-term impacts on professional identity and practice. Interview transcripts were rigorously analyzed using thematic.
Results: The teaching effectiveness scores averaged from 80 written evaluations were excellent: 4.45/5 (89%). We interviewed 12 of 22 eligible graduates (55%). Thematic analysis demonstrated that the curriculum impacted residents in three key thematic areas: (1) it led participants to understand their role as physicians in a more comprehensive way, while staying consistent with their personal values and strengths. (2) Communication skills training in particular equipped learners with important skills needed to enact their professional standards. (3) Through developing a supportive community and practicing mindful self-reflection, participants reported improvements in their well-being.
Conclusions: This paper demonstrates that professionalism can and should be integrated into the formal curriculum of post-graduate medical education. Key success factors in our study included a focus on fostering peer support and training in communication skills as a concrete method to actualize personal professional standards.
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Contexte : Le professionnalisme est vital en médecine, et pourtant on constate des lacunes dans son enseignement dans le cadre de la formation médicale postdoctorale.
Méthodes : Nous avons élaboré un programme de huit séances sur le professionnalisme à l'intention des résidents en gériatrie de l'Université de Toronto. Les sujets abordés comprenaient l'identité personnelle et professionnelle, le bien-être du médecin, la communication et le leadership, tout en mettant partout l'accent sur l'autoréflexion. Nous avons évalué le programme de deux manières : (1) nous avons recueilli les réactions immédiates en utilisant des évaluations standard avec des questions à échelle de Likert sur l'efficacité de l'enseignement. (2) Les résidents diplômés ont participé à des entretiens semi-structurés pour évaluer leurs réactions plus profondes et les impacts à plus long terme sur leur identité et leur pratique professionnelles. Les transcriptions des entretiens ont fait l'objet d'une analyse thématique rigoureuse.
Résultats : Les scores d'efficacité de l'enseignement obtenus en moyenne à partir de 80 évaluations écrites étaient excellents : 4,45/5 (89%). Nous avons interrogé 12 des 22 diplômés admissibles (55 %). L'analyse thématique a démontré que le programme a eu un impact sur les résidents dans trois domaines thématiques clés : (1) Il a amené les participants à comprendre leur rôle de médecin d'une manière plus complète, tout en restant cohérent avec leurs valeurs et leurs forces personnelles. (2) La formation aux techniques de communication, en particulier, a permis aux apprenants d'acquérir des compétences importantes nécessaires à pour se doter de normes professionnelles. (3) En développant une communauté de soutien et en pratiquant l'autoréflexion attentive, les participants ont fait état d'une amélioration de leur bien-être.
Conclusions : Cet article démontre que le professionnalisme peut et doit être intégré dans le programme officiel de la formation médicale postuniversitaire. Les facteurs clés de succès identifiés dans notre étude comprennent l'accent mis sur la promotion d’un soutien par les pairs et une formation aux compétences de communication comme méthode pour concrétiser ses normes professionnelles personnelles.
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