Project Professionalism
        Project Professionalism
                    American Board of Internal Medicine
                             Promoting 
                            Excellence in 
                             Health Care
       Project Professionalism is dedicated to promoting integrity within the specialty of internal medicine and the 
       educational environment and among all internists and subspecialists. Its principles are committed to the 
       enhancement of professionalism by the medical profession as a whole.
       Project Professionalism is available online at ; also learn more about medical professionalism
       and a new activity of the ABIM Foundation by visiting .
     Project Professionalism was sponsored by the ABIM Committee on Evaluation of Clinical Competence in conjunction with the ABIM Clinical
     Competence and Communications Programs. For additional copies please call 215-446-3630 or fax 215-446-3470.
       First printing 1995, second printing 1996, third printing 1997, fourth printing 1998, fifth printing 1999, sixth printing 2000, seventh printing 2001.
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                          Table of Contents
                          Acknowledgements - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i
                          Project Professionalism: Staying Ahead of the Wave - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -    1
                          Professionalism in Medicine: Issues and Opportunities in the Educational Environment- - - - - - - - - - - -  5
                          Professionalism Vignettes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11
                          Strategies for Evaluating Professionalism - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  21
                          Selected Readings on Professionalism: Annotated and General Bibliographies - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  31
                 Acknowledgements
                 Members of ABIM Project Professionalism, 1992-1994
                 John D.Stobo,MD, Project Chair                         Michael A.LaCombe,MD
                 President, University of Texas Medical Branch at       Practicing Internist
                 Galveston                                              South Paris, Maine
                 Chair,ABIM Board of Directors, 1996-1997               Member,ABIM Board of Directors
                 Jordan J.Cohen,MD                                      Geraldine P.Schechter,MD
                 President, Association of American Medical College     Chief, Hematology Section
                 Washington                                             Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC
                 Chair,ABIM Board of Directors 1993-1994                Member,ABIM Board of Directors
                 Harry R.Kimball,MD                                     Linda L.Blank, Staff
                 President, American Board of Internal Medicine         Vice President, Clinical Competence and Communications
                 Philadelphia                                           American Board of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia
                 The following people have contributed to the successful outcome of this project and their efforts are gratefully
                 acknowledged:
                   Melissa E. Abraham                  Robert M.Glickman,MD               Arthur H.Rubenstein,MD
                   Erin L. Arnold, MD                  Nancy L.Grant                      Barbara S. Schneidman, MD
                   William J. Arnold, MD               David B. Hellmann, MD              Barbara L. Schuster, MD
                   J. Claude Bennett, MD               Holly J. Humphrey, MD              David R. Scrace, MD
                   John A. Benson, Jr., MD             Tod Ibrahim                        John F. Sherman, PhD
                   Janet Bickel                        Edgar B. Jackson, Jr., MD          Neil J. Smelser, PhD
                   Evelyn B. Biney                     Jerome P. Kassirer, MD             Daniel Soloman,MD
                   Jamie L. Bishoff, JD                Mark A. Kelley, MD                 Salley E. Steffen, JD
                   Robert McL.Boote,JD                 John I. Kennedy, MD                St. Peter’s Medical Center,
                   Martin Brotman,MD                   Juha P. Koko, MD                     New Brunswick,New Jersey,
                   Alexander M.Capron                  Richard I. Kopelman, MD              Department of Medicine Residents
                   Christine K. Cassel, MD             Julius R. Krevans, MD              Emma J.Stokes,PhD
                   David D.Clarke, MD                  Leonard A. Laster, MD              Henry F. Strozeski
                   Sidney Cohen,MD                     Linda S. Leffler                   Myles A. Tanenbaum,Esq.
                   Barbara J. Culliton                 Hollice L. Lespoir                 James G. Terwilliger
                   Dema C.Daley                        James E. Lewis, PhD                Patricia Thomas
                   Paul J. Davis, MD                   M.Jane Luistro-Daly                Phillip P. Toskes, MD
                   Susan C. Day, MD                    Joan S. Marks                      Marie C. Trontell, MD
                   Haile T. Debas, MD                  Robert J. Mayer, MD                Marvin Turck, MD
                   William E. Dismukes, MD             Rosalie Moseley                    University of Alabama at
                   F. Daniel Duffy, MD                 Karen J. Mullian                     Birmingham,Department of
                   Adrian L. Edwards, MD               John J. Norcini, PhD                 Medicine Residents and Fellows
                   Linda Emanuel,MD,PhD                Maxine Papadakis, MD                 and UAB Nurses’Ethics Group
                   Bernard A. Feigenbaum, MD           Joseph G. Perpich, MD, JD          Eleanor Z.Wallace, MD
                   Donald I. Feinstein, MD             Robert G. Petersdorf, MD           Stephen I. Wasserman, MD
                   Jaquelyn Fleckenstein, MD           Joan Racklin                       Wallace Waterfall
                   Anne Flipse, MD                     Paul G. Ramsey, MD                 George D.Webster,MD
                   Charles K. Francis, MD              Brian H. Rank, MD                  Michael E.Whitcomb,MD
                   Marvin Garrell, MD                  P. Preston Reynolds, MD, PhD       David I. Zolet, MD
                   Richard J. Glassock, MD             Pulcheria D. Ricks-Poole
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