The Vital Role of Professionalism in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Am J Phys Med Rehabil

From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachussetts (JKS, SB); Spaulding Rehabilitation Network, Boston, Massachussetts (JKS, SB); Association of Academic Physiatrists Women in Academic Physiatry Task Force, Owing Mills, Maryland (JKS, SC, LDW, CV, MO-P, DPK, WRF, TKF, GB, SB, AFA); JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, Edison, New Jersey (SC, TKF); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey (SC, TKF); Hackensack Meridian Health, Edison, New Jersey (SC, TKF); Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Nutley, New Jersey (SC, TKF); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, NYU Winthrop Hospital, Mineola, New York (LDW); Department Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York (CV); Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, New York (MO-P, AFA); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, The Bronx, New York (MO-P); Montefiore Health System, The Bronx, New York (MO-P); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California (DPK); Department of Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation, and Sports Medicine, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico (WRF); Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico (WRF); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston (UTHealth), Houston, Texas (GB); Shriners Hospital for Children in Houston, Houston, Texas (GB); TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, Texas (GB); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina (VQCN); Carolinas Rehabilitation, Charlotte, North Carolina (VQCN); and Association of Academic Physiatrists Education Committee, Owing Mills, Maryland (VQCN).

Published: April 2020

Professionalism in medicine is universally embraced, and it is the foundation for core competencies in medical education, clinical practice, and research. Physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians must master a complex body of knowledge and use this to responsibly care for patients. Rehabilitation professionals work in various settings; however, each one must establish and maintain ethical standards consistent with the specialty and national standards. For example, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education lists professionalism as one of its six core competencies, which trainees must master. There is a growing interest in professionalism and some of the ethical issues that it encompasses. This report provides a general overview of professionalism. Future reports are needed, and there is an opportunity to consider many facets of professionalism in greater detail.

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