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Literary inquiry and professional development in medicine: against abstractions.

The professional development discourse currently circulating in academic medicine owes much to the work of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and their Project Professionalism. They identify the elements of altruism, duty, excellence,…

Tags: *Literature, *Professional Competence, 2002, Altruism, Bioethics and Professional Ethics, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Education, Humans, Medical/*methods, Narration, NEOMED College of Medicine, Nixon Lois LaCivita, Perspectives in biology and medicine, Wear Delese

A neurochemical hypothesis for the origin of hominids.

It has always been difficult to account for the evolution of certain human characters such as language, empathy, and altruism via individual reproductive success. However, the striatum, a subcortical region originally thought to be exclusively motor,…

Can compassion be taught? Let's ask our students.

BACKGROUND: Medical educators act on the belief that students benefit from formal and informal educational experiences that foster virtues such as compassion, altruism, and respect for patients. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to examine…

Tags: *Education, *Empathy, *Physician-Patient Relations, 2008, Altruism, Attitude, Curriculum, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Humans, Journal of general internal medicine, Medical, Medical/*psychology, NEOMED College of Medicine, Students, Undergraduate, Wear Delese, Zarconi Joseph

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Literary inquiry and professional development in medicine: against abstractions.

A neurochemical hypothesis for the origin of hominids.

Can compassion be taught? Let's ask our students.