Humanism and Professionalism Council
Created
in 1997, the Humanism and Professionalism Council is the Department of
Medicine's response to the ABIM Project
Professionalism. The purpose of the council is to oversee educational
programs which enhance the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors
of residents and fellows which are essential to continuing medical professionalism.
The council meets quarterly and makes recommendations to the department
chair regarding policies, procedures, and standards relevant to medical
professionalism. Members include the residency program director
and associate directors, faculty, chief residents, fellows, residents,
medical students, nurses, chaplains, and a bioethicist.
The
Council leads a monthly session for all internal medicine residents and
fellows, “The Art of Medicine”. The curriculum for these sessions
includes: professional etiquette, informed consent, patient counseling,
cross cultural medicine, conflict resolution, empathy, and altruism. These
sessions are conducted in a variety of formats such as lectures, role
playing, clinical vignettes, and "historic morbidity and mortality
cases".
Other selected outcomes of the
Council include:
- Community Service Program
- Debriefing sessions for ICU residents
- Pharmaceutical Companies: Friends or Foes
- End-of Life Care series
- The Impaired Physician
- Art of Consultative Medicine
- The Problem Resident
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