Practicing What We Preach? An Analysis of the Curriculum of Values in Medical Education

The values most consistently recommended in the medical curriculum are honesty, accountability, compassion, the importance of public health, and self-policing, which indicates that one reason medical students are not learning the intended norms of the profession may be that the teachers are not consistently teaching the recommended values of the Profession.

Abstract

This study indicates that one reason medical students are not learning the intended norms of the profession may be that the teachers are not consistently teaching the recommended values of the profession. Future research should concentrate on confirming these findings in other settings and on understanding why these values are not consistently taught.