Full Description
Medical professionalism shapes how healthcare professionals think, act, and respond to ethical challenges. Yet it remains difficult to define, teach, and assess across cultures, disciplines, generations, and in an increasingly digital and AI-supported healthcare landscape. This book examines professionalism as a dynamic and context-sensitive practice rather than a fixed checklist of behaviours.Drawing on empirical research conducted in Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, Pakistan, Malaysia, and other regions, it explores how professionalism is taught, assessed, and perceived by students and faculty. It addresses cross-cultural differences, the hidden curriculum, generational tensions, digital professionalism, artificial intelligence in clinical practice, student well-being, interprofessional learning, and lifelong accountability. The book presents practical frameworks, developmental assessment models, and structured feedback approaches alongside case studies and curriculum design strategies grounded in real educational contexts.Written for medical and dental educators, health professions students, researchers, and clinical leaders, this book provides a clear, evidence-based guide to strengthening professionalism education and preparing ethically grounded, reflective, and culturally responsive practitioners for contemporary healthcare systems.
