WGEA 2024 Spring Conference

Presenters:
Lavjay Butani, University of California, Davis
Vincent Grospe, University of California, San Francisco
Karen Hauer, University of California, San Francisco
Sharad Jain, University of California, Davis
Jose Negrete Manriquez, University of California, Davis
Bridget O'Brien, University of California, San Francisco

Topic: Assessment

Rationale
Professionalism has become a contentious construct in medicine. While the values and commitments inscribed in professionalism are widely endorsed, the translation of these values and commitments into codes of conduct and
assessable behavior has received much critique. This situation creates a dilemma for educators and trainees. Despite the biases implicit in professionalism standards and judgments, educators must still assess and provide feedback on
trainees’ professionalism. Trainees recognize many of these biases yet feel disempowered to challenge them due to their reliance on positive assessments to succeed. In this session, we will engage educators and trainees about the professionalism dilemma. We will invite panelists and participants to share experiences with professionalism and strategies to improve how the construct of professionalism is conceptualized and assessed in medical education at both the interpersonal and programmatic level.