Perception of Medical Professionalism among Medical Residents in Spain

García-Estañ, Joaquín; Cabrera, JM; González-Lozano, E; Fernández-Pardo, Jacinto; Atucha, Noemí M.

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Perception of Medical Professionalism among Medical Residents in Spain

dc.contributor.author	García-Estañ, Joaquín
dc.contributor.author	Cabrera, JM
dc.contributor.author	González-Lozano, E
dc.contributor.author	Fernández-Pardo, Jacinto
dc.contributor.author	Atucha, Noemí M.
dc.contributor.department	Centro de Estudios Universitario en Educación Médica
dc.date.accessioned	2024-01-23T12:49:12Z
dc.date.available	2024-01-23T12:49:12Z
dc.date.created	2021-11-18
dc.description	© 2021. The authors. This document is made available under the CC-BY 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by /4.0/ This document is the published version of a published work that appeared in final form in Healthcare	es
dc.description.abstract	Background: Medical professionalism, defined as commitment to the primacy of patient welfare, is the basis for doctor–patient–society relationships, but previous research with medical students has shown that professionalism and social commitment to medicine may be waning. To determine if this trend also appears in recently qualified practicing doctors, we surveyed 90 newly graduated doctors currently working as medical residents in two university hospitals in Murcia, Spain. A previously validated questionnaire that studies the perception of six categories (responsibility, altruism, service, excellence, honesty and integrity, and respect) defining medical professionalism was used. Results: A good perception of professionalism was found among medical residents, with more than 70% positive responses in all these six categories. There is an increasing trend in the number of negative responses as the residency goes on. Altruism was the category with the greatest percentage of negative answers (22.3%) and Respect was the category with the lowest percentage (12.9%). Conclusions: The results show a good professionalism perception in medical residents, but also a slight decline in positive answers that began during medical school. A significant trend was found when including both students and residents. Although there were some differences between students and residents, these were not statistically significant. Educational interventions are needed both at the level of medical school and postgraduate medical residency.	es
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dc.identifier.citation	Healthcare 2021, 9, 1580. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9111580
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9111580
dc.identifier.issn	2227-9032
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10201/137575
dc.language	eng	es
dc.publisher	MDPI	es
dc.relation	Sin financiación externa a la Universidad	es
dc.relation.publisherversion	https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/9/11/1580	es
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess	es
dc.rights	Atribución 4.0 Internacional	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	*
dc.subject	Educación Médica	es
dc.subject	Profesionalismo médico	es
dc.subject	Residentes de Medicina	es
dc.subject	Medical education	es
dc.subject	Medical ethics	es
dc.subject	Medical professionalism	es
dc.subject	Medicine students	es
dc.subject	Education in professionalism	es
dc.subject.other	CDU::6 - Ciencias aplicadas::61 - Medicina	es
dc.title	Perception of Medical Professionalism among Medical Residents in Spain	es
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication	es