Assessment of professionalism between medical students in clinical situations

objectives: Professionalism is an important competency in medical education. Evaluation as a solution could help us to distinguish the current situation of professionalism. The aim of this article is to study the evaluation methods for professionalism in medical education. Methods and Materials: This paper reviews the analytic literature on evaluation of professionalism. We searched the approved databases in medical education by keywords related to evaluation of professionalism since 1999 until 2014 and found 23 best evidences to describe the evaluation in professionalism. Results: Evaluation of professionalism is studied according to content of evaluation, evaluator, time, place and methods. Content of evaluation is summarized in some sections like ethics, personality, professional principles. Evaluators are physicians, members of healthcare team and patients. The evaluation could be done in real or invitro environments. The methods of evaluations are diverse and the reliability and validity of them are suspicious. Conclusion: According to studied articles, the evaluation of professionalism is different of other evaluations in methods of evaluation, tools, time and evaluator. We can’t define a special tool for all details of professionalism, which is helpful in all situations. It’s better to apply a special tool for every detail and notice to measuring scores, validity and reliability of tools.