"While not necessarily in breach of their obligations as fiduciaries, the company's management, board and outside advisers did not satisfy what we believe are appropriate standards of corporate stewardship and professionalism," the report said.
Unfortunately, a significant percentage of physicians and medical students are dissatisfied with their formal training in professionalism and report experiencing a culture of cynicism during training [ 7, 103- 107].
This paper presents results from a study exploring medical students' views on professionalism, and reports on students' constructs of the 'good' and the 'professional' doctor.
A committee charged with recommending solutions to track and field's problems in the United States sharply criticized USA Track & Field's operations and its athletes' lack of professionalism in a report released Monday.
Tables 1 and 2 set out the 10 most common types of professionalism dilemmas as reported by medical and other healthcare student respondents (ie, those being reported as occurring at least once during the previous year).
However, the physicians also recognized the importance of altruism and empathy as traditional medical professionalism virtues and reported that they realize these virtues in practice whenever the sociocultural conditions facilitate it.
Clerkship students were more likely to comment on the importance of role modeling, small group discussions or reflective narratives, and the need to have a clear process to address lapses in professionalism, including the reporting process.
The report states: "Professionalism aspires to altruism, accountability, excellence, duty, service, honor, integrity and respect for others" and definitions are provided for each of these "elements of Professionalism".
27 The American Medical Association has recently issued a report on professionalism in the use of social media, 28 and a number of other organisations have suggested guidelines for physicians using social networking sites, 29 33 but so far there is no generally accepted policy for students of the health professions.
The Associated Press reporter Steve Wilstein's professionalism was questioned when he reported on Mark McGwire's andro use in 1998.
