Perceptions of Professionalism Vary Most with Educational Rank and Age
| Autor: | Charlotte Nath, Erdogan Gunel, Rebecca Schmidt |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Male Students Health Occupations Attitude of Health Personnel media_common.quotation_subject education Descriptive survey Nurses Professional Role Sex Factors Perception Health care Chi-square test Humans Nurse education Aged media_common Contingency table Specialties Dental Medical education business.industry Data Collection Age Factors General Medicine Middle Aged Faculty Exact test Professional ethics Educational Status Medicine Female business Psychology Social psychology Specialization |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Dental Education. 70:825-834 |
| ISSN: | 0022-0337 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/j.0022-0337.2006.70.8.tb04148.x |
| Popis: | The purpose of this study was to assess whether the perception of what constitutes professionalism varies with age, discipline, gender, or educational level among students and faculty at the major academic health sciences center in West Virginia. This exploratory descriptive survey study asked participants to classify behaviors described in a survey as professional, unprofessional, or unrelated to professionalism. Results were analyzed using contingency tables. For 2 x 2 contingency tables, test of independence of homogeneity was carried out by using Fisher's exact test. For tables of higher dimensions, chi square test was used. The survey yielded a 45 percent return rate and demonstrated that the perception of professionalism varied most with the level of education and age and, to a lesser extent, with gender and health care discipline. Undergraduates, females, the youngest age group (or = 26), nursing students, and faculty other than dental or medical were more likely to label behavior depicted in the survey statements as unprofessional. The findings of this study underscore the complexities of the genesis of professionalism. Further study in regard to the teaching of professionalism is warranted. |
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