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Abstract

Assessing Professionalism among Residents: Peer and Self-assessment

Amira Salem, Wagdy Talaat, Mohamed H. Kamel and Nahla Hassan

Objective: Assessing professional attitudes and behaviors as components of professionalism among residents at the Suez Canal University Hospital (SCUH).
Methodology: The study was a descriptive, cross sectional study, included residents at the Suez Canal University Hospital. A validated questionnaire to assess the professionalism components (attitude and behavior) was used. The first part of this questionnaire is a peer assessment through the Scale to Measure Professional Attitudes and Behaviors in Medical Education. The second part is Self-assessment questions from UMKC-SOM Climate of Professionalism Survey (University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine). It contains 10 questions about professional behavior rated (mostly-often-sometimes-rarely).
Results: Residents are capable of consistently performing professionally across the domains of professionalism. However, variations across items suggest that professionalism is multifaceted, and the distribution of responses highlights some specific items where residents’ performance could be improved.
Conclusion: Assessment of self and peer reported competences among residents at Suez Canal University Hospital showed that residents are capable of consistently performing professionally across the domains of professionalism. However, variations across items suggest that professionalism is multifaceted, and the Excellence subscale in a need for improvement.