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  Vol. 138 No. 3, March 2003 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Professionalism

Lifelong Commitment for Surgeons

Richard E. Welling, MD, FACS; John T. Boberg, PhD

Arch Surg. 2003;138:262-264.

Presently, there is a major initiative to rekindle the humanistic qualities in the practice of medicine. Although there have been many suggestions on ways to rejuvenate this initiative, it has not been a primary focus of graduate medical education until recently. Surgery residents are expected to maintain a high standard of ethical behavior; demonstrate a commitment to continuity of patient care; and demonstrate sensitivity to the age, gender, and culture of patients and fellow health care professionals. We in surgical education must accept the responsibility for the renewal in teaching and evaluating the professional and ethical principles of surgery residents. This change will not happen quickly, but it should be done skillfully because future generations will look back on this time of renewal in medicine and critique us on our ability or inability to achieve this goal.


From the Residency Review Committee for Surgery (Dr Boberg), Good Samaritan Hospital (Dr Welling), Cincinnati, Ohio.



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