Competency: Demonstrate respect, compassion, and integrity; a responsiveness to the needs of patients and society that supersedes self-interest; accountability to patients, society, and the profession; and a commitment to excellence and on-going professional development.
Knowledge/Skills/Attitudes Objectives:
- Demonstrate honesty, integrity and reliability consistently.
- Seek, honor and complete assigned duties.
- Exhibit respect, compassion, and empathy in all interactions.
- Display self-awareness, recognize limitations, seek appropriate assistance and strive for self improvement.
- Demonstrate commitment to lifelong learning including regular attendance at conferences and reading medical literature.
- Respond positively to constructive criticism.
- Acknowledge error, demonstrate accountability and strive for system improvement and error prevention.
- Inspire accountability in others by promoting peer review in a blameless environment.
- Dress and behave appropriately.
- Validate the significant role physicians play in society.
Knowledge/Skills/Attitudes Objectives:
- Recognize ethical dilemmas and consult with the hospital’s ethics committee appropriately.
- Adhere to the primacies of confidentiality, scientific integrity, and informed consent.
- Recognize the situational need for determining competence and healthcare proxies.
- Address end-of-life issues in a timely and compassionate manner.
- Engage in ethical business practices.
- Interact with the pharmaceutical industry in a professional and principled manner.
Knowledge/Skills/Attitudes Objectives:
- Recognize the impact of culture, experience, age, gender, and disability on patient perceptions, preferences, compliance, and outcomes.
- Display sensitivity to the significant interplay of issues related to cultural beliefs, socioeconomic status and health literacy and how they relate to patients’ utilization and compliance.