Some student behaviours (poor initiative, irresponsibility, diminished capacity for self-improvement) predict future unprofessional behaviour as a physician¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2017 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? The link between medical-school behaviour and later disciplinary action has been shown for poor initiative, irresponsibility and diminished capacity for self-improvement, but not yet for the other behaviours found in this review. → Mak-van der Vossen M 2017

Evidence¶

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

q2 · i? · review · r3

The review attributes this predictive finding to prior studies it cites, reporting that the student-to-physician link "has been shown for poor initiative, irresponsibility and diminished capacity for self-improvement". The review itself did not re-analyse these data; no effect size is printed.

"This has been shown for poor initiative, irresponsibility and diminished capacity for self-improvement, but it is not yet known whether the other behaviours found in this study also predict future performance as a physician"

Discussion¶

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• Research attention to medical student unprofessional behaviour shifted over time: fraudulent behaviours first (US, around 1980), poor self-awareness around 2000, and internet-related behaviours recently
• Minor rule non-compliance (failing course evaluations, failing to report immunization compliance) predicts students' later unprofessional behaviours — a narrower finding that bears on this claim