SOURCES:
The CHARACTER acronym was developed using constructs from these sources: In 2017, one letter in the mnemonic was changed from A for Aiming for Excellence, to A for Advocacy (Niebuhr and Smith-Phillips).
- Accreditation Council on
Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
- Gold Humanism Foundation
- ABIM Physician Charter
(2002)
- UTMB Professionalism
Charter
In 2017, one letter in the mnemonic was changed from A for Aiming for Excellence, to A for Advocacy (Niebuhr and Smith-Phillips).
RATIONALE
CURRICULUM.
Professionalism in
Pediatrics
is a
curriculum with one module for each of the
letters, including short readings and a
Reflection activity.
Applications and Dissemination Activities
CHARACTER was
created during the development of a curriculum
development project,
Professionalism in Pediatrics, funded in
part by a grant
from the UTMB President's Office and the UTMB
Professionalism Committee,2006 |