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5/12/26 Anesthesiology Journal Club -Professionalism Perceptions: A Comparison of Anesthesiology Trainees and Attendings

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INTRODUCTION

Credit Hours: 0.75

Target Audience:

Anesthesiologists and anesthesiologists-in-training and other anesthesia professionals, nurse anesthetists and anesthesia assistants.

Educational Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Increase awareness regarding the ACGME definition of professionalism.
  • Recognize that professional norms are context-specific and can vary between and within specialties.
  • Consider differences in perceptions of unprofessional behavior between trainees and attendings to improve feedback quality.

Suggested Additional Reading :

  1. Kearney RA: Defining professionalism in anaesthesiology. Med Educ 2005; 39:769–76. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2929.2005.02233.
  2. Conran RM, Powell SZ, Domen RE, McCloskey CB, Brissette MD, Cohen DA, Dixon LR, George MR, Gratzinger DA, Post MD, Roberts CA, Rojiani AM, Timmons CF Jr, Johnson K, Hoffman RD. Development of Professionalism in Graduate Medical Education: A Case-Based Educational Approach From the College of American Pathologists' Graduate Medical Education Committee. Acad Pathol. 2018 Jun 26;5:2374289518773493. doi: 10.1177/2374289518773493. PMID: 30014035; PMCID: PMC6039899.
  3. Chen F, Belgique ST, Canter C, et al. : Unprofessionalism in anesthesiology: A qualitative study on classifying unprofessional behavior in anesthesiology residency education. J Clin Anesth 2024; 95:111429. doi:10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111429

Authors:
Marcus Simmons, MD — PGY-2 Resident, UPMC Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
Nathan Hyre, MD — PGY-2 Resident, UPMC Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
Stephen McHugh, MD, FASA — Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
No members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

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