Systematic review distils 205 descriptions of medical students' unprofessional behaviours into 30 descriptors in four themes¶
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q3 i? Content analysis of 46 included studies yielded 205 descriptions of unprofessional behaviours coded into 30 descriptors and classified into four behavioural themes. → Mak-van der Vossen M 2017
q3 i? The search identified 11,963 articles, of which 46 met all inclusion criteria after full-text review. → Mak-van der Vossen M 2017
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Mak-van der Vossen M 2017¶
Mak-van der Vossen M, van Mook W, van der Burgt S, Kors J, Ket JCF, Croiset G, Kusurkar R. (2017). Descriptors for unprofessional behaviours of medical students: a systematic review and categorisation. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-017-0997-x
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Systematic review with content analysis of articles reporting witnessed or admitted unprofessional behaviours of preclinical and clinical medical students, searched from inception to May 2016. The synthesis reports that "205 different descriptions" were coded into 30 descriptors in four themes. No meta-analysis was performed due to methodological diversity.
"The included articles yielded 205 different descriptions of unprofessional behaviours, which were coded into 30 different descriptors, and subsequently classified into four behavioural themes: failure to engage, dishonest behaviour, disrespectful behaviour, and poor self-awareness."
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