Physician as Professional

Competency:

Our graduates define and describe the importance of professional values and ethical principles, explain appropriate standards of care and participate as effective members of a health care team.

Examples of behaviors our graduates use to demonstrate competence:

• Consistently demonstrate professional values core to the profession, such as acting in the patient’s best interest first, honesty, respect and preserving confidentiality.
• Understand and practice accepted standards and protocols for care, including informed consent and discussions about limitations of care.
• Recognize and manage situations that present a conflict of interest, including balancing obligations to patients with one’s self interest.
• Behave in accordance with ethical standards of the profession that include respect for autonomy, beneficence and nonmaleficence.

Click on the Adobe file below to view a poster that illustrates the Physician as Professional Competency. This poster is one of six that portray the Competencies in Medical Education and that grace the halls of the UMMS campus.