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Can Professionalism Be Taught During Residency?

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Professionalism is the conduct by which we define our role to our community. Lapses in professionalism have real consequences for the surgeon, patient care staff, students, and, most importantly, patients. Teaching of professionalism has traditionally occurred in a hidden curriculum via apprenticeship. Increasingly, attention is drawn to the importance of formal education of professionalism during graduate medical education. In this chapter, we review the various methods for teaching professionalism during residency.

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  1. Section of Colon & Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

    Kinga B. Skowron Olortegui

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Christian Fernandez Olortegui

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  1. The University of Chicago Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Vassyl A. Lonchyna

  2. Providence Children’s Surgical Services St. Vincent Hospital, Portland, OR, USA

    Peggy Kelley

  3. Department of Surgery MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Peter Angelos

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Skowron Olortegui, K.B., Olortegui, C.F. (2022). Can Professionalism Be Taught During Residency?. In: Lonchyna, V.A., Kelley, P., Angelos, P. (eds) Difficult Decisions in Surgical Ethics. Difficult Decisions in Surgery: An Evidence-Based Approach. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84625-1_14

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