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Developing an outcomes-based charter to direct teaching and assessment of medical professionalism
Abstract
Objective. To document the development of the Charter for Medical Professionalism and to evaluate lecturer and student perceptions on the formulation of the Charter to make appropriate changes and increase acceptance.
Methods. The project took the form of action research, and a working group comprising academics from UP’s Faculty of Health Sciences developed the Charter from relevant source documents, employing thematic and content analysis and recursive abstraction. An online survey was conducted to assess lecturer and student acceptance of the Charter.
Results. The outcomes-based approach was perceived as acceptable and appears to broaden the scope of assessment of professionalism.
Conclusion. Inclusion of outcomes proposed by other work groups relating to research, practice management, teaching, mentoring and leadership roles of the medical doctor may be considered in future.
