Avtor/Urednik		Selič, Polona; Černe, Anja; Klemenc-Ketiš, Zalika; Petek, Davorina; Švab, Igor
Naslov		Attitudes toward professionalism in medical students and its associations with personal characteristics and values
Tip		članek
Vol. in št.		, št. Vol. 10
Leto izdaje		2019
Obseg		str. 437-445
ISSN		1179-7258 - Advances in medical education and practice
Jezik		eng
Abstrakt		Background: Professionalism is becoming one of the main competencies that all medical students should develop during their education. The attitudes of medical students to professionalism in the study process can change, depending on the curriculum and methods of teaching. Factors associated with attitudes to professionalism can be divided into the characteristics of the physician and the context, eg, education about professionalism and the health system; however other student characteristics are also important. This study focused on the factors associated with attitudes toward professionalism and took into account student demographic characteristics, personality and their personal values. Methods: A convenience sampling method was employed in the academic year 2015-2016 in the fourth and final year medical students at the two Medical Faculties in Slovenia. The instrument consisted of questionnaires examining the Big Five personality traits questionairre (BFQ), the scale of personal values and demographic and family background data. The outcome measure was the validated professionalism attitude scale (PAS). Results: A total of 323 students participated, of which 101 (31.3%) were men and 222 (68.7%) were women. The samples of the two faculties did not differ in any demographic characteristics and were analyzed together. Of the personal values, partner/love, profession/work and sport activity were significantly associated with the total score of the PAS ([beta]=0.22, p=0.033; [beta]=0.24, p=0.003; [beta]=0.17, p=0.040, respectively). After the adjustments for the BFQ dimensions, only profession/work kept significance ([beta]=0.19, p=0.016). Women scored significantly higher on attitudes toward professionalism (total PAS score: Mw=93.4+-5.1, Mm=89.1+-9.8, p=0.001), and this significance remained in multivariate modeling ([beta]=0.20, p=0.001). Of the hereditary traits, only acceptability was associated with attitudes toward professionalism ([beta]=0.25, p<0.001). Conclusions: It seems that personal characteristics and values are important in students` concept of their future professional behavior. Further research will show whether these patterns are prerequisites for enrollment in the study process.
Proste vsebinske oznake		medical students personal values professionalism študenti medicine osebne vrednote strokovnost