Professing professionalism: Are we our own worst enemy? Faculty members' experiences of teaching and evaluating professionalism in medical education at one school

Academic Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1025-1034

  Bryden, Pier ^a   Ginsburg, Shiphra ^b,c   Kurabi, Bochra ^d   Ahmed, Najma ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d NONE

^e Department and Neurology   (Canada)

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EID: 77953147558     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181ce64ae     Document Type: Article

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