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Conceptualizing osteopathic medical professionalism: an institutional self-assessment rubric for colleges of osteopathic medicine

By JOM Staff

11.03.26

Professionalism in medicine has been historically difficult to define, teach, assess, and remediate. While professionalism is vital to the practice of medicine, the lack of consistency across training and disciplines, combined with the often generalized nature of its description, has caused challenges in academic medicine and has led to the weaponization of its use. It is clear that change in this essential competency in medicine is needed, and change has to begin with an honest self-assessment.

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