Medical Student Professionalism: Are We Measuring the Right Behaviors? A Comparison of Professional Lapses by Students and Physicians

Common features to the professional shortcomings seen in students at the authors' medical school and practicing physicians in their state add credibility to faculty’s observations, and reinforce the relevance of monitoring such behaviors in future physicians.

Abstract

There are common features to the professional shortcomings seen in students at our medical school and practicing physicians in our state. These similarities add credibility to our faculty's observations, and reinforce the relevance of monitoring such behaviors in future physicians.