e-Professionalism: a New Frontier in Medical Education.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2013
Abstract
BACKGROUND: This article, prepared by the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics Undergraduate Medical Education Committee, discusses the evolving challenges facing medical educators posed by social media and a new form of professionalism that has been termed e-professionalism.
SUMMARY: E-professionalism is defined as the attitudes and behaviors that reflect traditional professionalism paradigms but are manifested through digital media. One of the major functions of medical education is professional identity formation; e-professionalism is an essential and increasingly important element of professional identity formation, because the consequences of violations of e-professionalism have escalated from academic sanctions to revocation of licensure.
CONCLUSION: E-professionalism should be included in the definition, teaching, and evaluation of medical professionalism. Curricula should include a positive approach for the proper professional use of social media for learners.
Publication Title
Teaching and learning in medicine
Volume
25
Issue
2
First Page
165
Last Page
170
PubMed ID
23530680
Recommended Citation
Kaczmarczyk, Joseph M; Chuang, Alice W.; Dugoff, Lorraine; Abbott, Jodi; Cullimore, Amie J.; Dalrymple, John; Davis, Katrina R.; Hueppchen, Nancy A.; Katz, Nadine T.; Nuthalapaty, Francis S.; Pradhan, Archana; Wolf, Abigail; and Casey, Petra M., "e-Professionalism: a New Frontier in Medical Education." (2013). PCOM Scholarly Works. 248.
https://digitalcommons.pcom.edu/scholarly_papers/248
Comments
This article was published in the Teaching and Learning in Medicine, Volume 25, Issue 2, January 2013, Pages 165-170.
The published version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10401334.2013.770741
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