RESOURCES

References

  1. Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).  Common Program Requirements: General Competencies (Feb 2007) and  General Competencies: Professionalism (1999)

  2. Gold Humanism Foundation.  What is Humanism in Medical Education

  3. University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) Professionalism and Professionalism Charter

Other Resources

  1. Medical Professionalism Project. "Medical Professionalism in the New Millennium: A Physician Charter."  Ann Int Med 2002;136:243-46. 
    The American Board of Internal Medicine defines professionalism as an entity that “requires the physician to serve the interests of the patient above his or her self-interest, and aspires altruism, accountability, excellence, duty, service, honor, integrity and respect for others” 
    available to UTMB users through UTMB Moody Medical Library
     

  2. Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Resident-Faculty Compact
     

  3. Racial disparities in health.   Alliance For Health Reform .   This four-page issue brief reviews the types of disparities that minority populations face in the US healthcare system, some programs underway to reduce disparities, and proposals for future action. Also included is a list of expert sources with telephone numbers, and helpful websites. Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. To download, go to www.allhealth.org/publications/pub_38.pdf
     

  4. Relationship between drug companies and academic health centers
    Hafferty, Fred PhD. Professionalism Viewpoint: The Elephant in Medical Professionalism's Kitchen. Academic Medicine. 81  (10) :906-914, October 2006.

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