In a recent First Opinion, David Rothman spotlights the challenge of teaching professionalism in today’s medical schools. As president of the Institute on Medicine as a Profession, Rothman brings a ...

When Joel Bervell thought about professionalism as an undergraduate, he thought of “Grey’s Anatomy.” Specifically, he thought about how residents on the show were expected to be but often were not: on ...

Today more than ever, we need physicians who are committed to the principles of professionalism. The principles themselves are well-established: physicians must be altruistic, always putting their ...

The structure of medical practice is undergoing an extraordinary transformation. The percentage of physicians salaried and employed by hospitals and health care groups has increased dramatically.

Doctors pride themselves on being professional. But some warn that codes of conduct and dress can reflect and reinforce biases that disadvantage equity-seeking groups and those who challenge the ...

The scenario plays out countless times across hospital corridors: A medical student observes an attending physician dismissing a patient’s concerns, a resident falsifying documentation, or a colleague ...

Early-Onset Colorectal Adenocarcinoma in the IDEA Database: Treatment Adherence, Toxicities, and Outcomes With 3 and 6 Months of Adjuvant Fluoropyrimidine and Oxaliplatin Perhaps our lack of progress ...

Together, ABMS boards and the AMA could create a comprehensive framework for organizational professionalism that matches the rigor of individual physician oversight. Medicine's increasing ...

The history of American medicine is the story of the rise and fall of a professional guild. In the 19th and early 20th Centuries, physicians distinguished themselves from other healers by banding ...