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¶

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

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Attention for professional behaviour in medical school started in the US around 1980 with fraudulent behaviours, followed by disrespectful behaviour and failure to engage, with poor self-awareness added around 2000 and internet-related unprofessionalism recently. → 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

Descriptive trend analysis of the 46 included studies (January 1977–May 2016), summarised in Fig. 2 across three time periods. The review reports no articles from other continents published before 2000, and notes recent attention to internet-related unprofessionalism leading to privacy violations and dishonest behaviours.

"Attention for professional behaviour in medical school started in the US around 1980, firstly emphasised on fraudulent behaviours, followed by attention for disrespectful behaviour and failure to engage."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Systematic review distils 205 descriptions of medical students' unprofessional behaviours into 30 descriptors in four themes
• Minor rule non-compliance (failing course evaluations, failing to report immunization compliance) predicts students' later unprofessional behaviours
• Some student behaviours (poor initiative, irresponsibility, diminished capacity for self-improvement) predict future unprofessional behaviour as a physician