Drexel University College of Medicine Professionalism

• Report an incident of mistreatment based on gender, race, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation or unethical or unprofessional behavior other than described above that you experienced or witnessed (your identity will remain anonymous unless you choose to provide contact information)  
   
• Student Small Group and Laboratory Evaluation of Professionalism

From the College of Medicine Exit Objectives:

1. demonstrate honesty, integrity, reliability, and responsibility in all interactions with patients, families, and colleagues, and in other professional interactions;
2. develop skills for empathic communication essential to compassionate care, including eliciting and addressing  patients’ understanding, concerns and fears;
3. demonstrate respect for patients’ autonomy, privacy and dignity;
4. provide high quality care to all regardless of age, race, socioeconomic class, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity or religion, and advocate for uniform access to healthcare;
5. advocate at all times for the interests of their patients over conflicting interests;
6. recognize and propose solutions for common and important moral, ethical and legal problems of medical practice;
7. protect patients from harm;
8. relieve patients' pain and suffering;
9. communicate and work effectively and collaboratively with other health professionals to facilitate patient care;
10. recognize and respond appropriately to situations that involve abuse, coercion, and unethical behavior;
11. acknowledging and learning from awareness of their own values, attitudes and biases  to enable them to provide the most effective and unbiased care;
12. attend to their own well-being in order to be fully present for their patients;
13. continue quality improvement supported by a lifelong process of medical education, in order to provide patients with medical care informed by the most recent information;
14. ask for help when appropriate, providing feedback to and receiving feedback from other health care professionals in order to provide optimal medical care;
15. project a professional image in interpersonal relationships, manner and dress that is consistent with the medical profession;
16. comply with ethical and legal obligations to report impaired physicians to the state medical society or licensing board;
17. understand and avoid even the appearance of conflicts of interest inherent in various financial and organizational arrangements that threaten professionalism.