Medical Professionalism Student Road Shows, UK

Main Category: Medical Students / Training
Article Date: 14 Jan 2008 - 2:00 PDT

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The Royal College of Physicians, King's Fund and Gemeral Medical Council have joined together to hold a series of road shows for medical students looking at the meaning of medical professionalism and the importance of professional values.

The pilot events, titled 'Becoming a Doctor - Journey or destination?', are part of the GMC's student engagement strategy. They follow on from previous events by the King's Fund and Royal College of Physicians looking at what the future holds for doctors.

The four road shows, running over January and February 2008, bring together students, staff and leading figures from the medical world to debate the role and importance of professional values amidst changing societal attitudes.

- Can professionalism be taught?
- Do younger doctors have a different understanding of professionalism?
- Should doctors be involved in managing the health service?
- Do you need to be a good person to be a good doctor?

Attendees will discuss these and other questions, and hear the views of high-profile speakers, including GMC President Sir Graeme Catto, King's Fund Chief Executive Niall Dickson and Royal College of Physicians President Professor Ian Gilmore.

Join the discussion online

We have also created a discussion group on the networking website 'Facebook' and hope that the group will be a way of widening the debate, as well as providing useful links to resources on medical professionalism.

In order to join the 'Becoming a Doctor' Facebook group, you need to be registered with Facebook. If you do not yet have a Facebook account, simply go to http://www.facebook.com/ and sign up - registering only takes a few minutes and is free of charge.

Once you are a Facebook member, you can join the group by clicking on the link below:

'Becoming a doctor' discussion group

Royal College of Physicians