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member's change with the patient's needs. The<br />

matrix also considers the emotional needs of the<br />

patient and their support group balanced with their<br />

medical knowledge and need for au<strong>to</strong>nomy and selfdeterm<strong>in</strong>ation.<br />

We will present approaches that use<br />

this matrix <strong>to</strong> better understand the<br />

<strong>in</strong>terrelationships that develop as healthcare teams<br />

work <strong>to</strong> serve patients and their caregivers.<br />

Professional Development Abstract ID: 204<br />

MENTORING AND TEACHING BY MEDICAL<br />

EDUCATION AND HEALTH DISPARITIES<br />

SCHOLARLY CONCENTRATION STUDENTS<br />

Shirley Smith, William E. Johnson, Stephanie<br />

Peters, Just<strong>in</strong> Abbatemarco, John Briggs, Nayiesha<br />

Curtis, Steve N. Kovacs, Sahab Mustafa, Daniel<br />

Restrepo, Jason Ricciuti, and Amy Wu. Morsani<br />

College of Medic<strong>in</strong>e,University of South Florida<br />

Health, Tampa, FL, USA<br />

PURPOSE<br />

Medical students at USF Health Morsani College of<br />

Medic<strong>in</strong>e participate <strong>in</strong> scholarly concentrations<br />

(SC), designed <strong>to</strong> enhance their professional<br />

development and provide opportunities for<br />

scholarly endeavors. In two SC areas, Medical<br />

Education and Health Disparities, medical students<br />

have taught <strong>in</strong> community sett<strong>in</strong>gs and <strong>in</strong>tramural<br />

programs. This program is be<strong>in</strong>g expanded us<strong>in</strong>g a<br />

more comprehensive approach, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />

development of a collaborative men<strong>to</strong>r<strong>in</strong>g program,<br />

<strong>to</strong> encourage high school and undergraduate<br />

students <strong>to</strong>ward pursuit of careers <strong>in</strong> the health<br />

discipl<strong>in</strong>es.<br />

METHODS<br />

Students will cont<strong>in</strong>ue outreach activities <strong>in</strong> various<br />

community sett<strong>in</strong>gs, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g after school<br />

programs, clubs, classroom visits, and summer<br />

programs. This year’s men<strong>to</strong>rs conducted<br />

collaborative student-led tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> order <strong>to</strong><br />

develop men<strong>to</strong>r<strong>in</strong>g relationships with selected<br />

student mentees. Men<strong>to</strong>rs will provide resources<br />

and <strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion about health careers and related<br />

coursework, extracurricular volunteer<strong>in</strong>g and<br />

community service, and career development<br />

through various methods, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g social media.<br />

Mentees will be assessed at the beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g of the<br />

<strong>in</strong>tervention and upon completion.<br />

RESULTS<br />

Medical students have reflected positively on their<br />

experiences <strong>in</strong> their outreach activities <strong>in</strong> teach<strong>in</strong>g<br />

and men<strong>to</strong>r<strong>in</strong>g. Relationships have begun <strong>to</strong> be built<br />

with schools and clubs that we <strong>in</strong>tend <strong>to</strong> enhance<br />

with our expanded program through the com<strong>in</strong>g<br />

year <strong>in</strong> order <strong>to</strong> further develop our pipel<strong>in</strong>e<br />

program.<br />

CONCLUSIONS<br />

The program utilizes a number of different<br />

exchange mechanisms <strong>to</strong> deliver accurate and<br />

timely <strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion about health professions <strong>to</strong><br />

community youth. In turn, medical students ga<strong>in</strong><br />

experience as men<strong>to</strong>rs and serve as positive role<br />

models for impressionable youth.<br />

Professional Development Abstract ID: 205<br />

A FRAMEWORK FOR DEFINING<br />

PROFESSIONALISM AT DIFFERENT<br />

LEVELS OF MEDICAL EDUCATION<br />

M<strong>in</strong>hee Seo, Jennifer Eastwood, and Stephanie<br />

Swanberg, Oakland University William Beaumont<br />

School of Medic<strong>in</strong>e, Rochester, MI, USA<br />

PURPOSE<br />

Professionalism is an essential component <strong>in</strong><br />

assess<strong>in</strong>g medical student performance as well as<br />

cl<strong>in</strong>ical tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g. Although many researchers have<br />

attempted <strong>to</strong> def<strong>in</strong>e and measure medical<br />

professionalism, t<strong>here</strong> are few studies conducted <strong>to</strong><br />

see how differently professionalism is applied<br />

accord<strong>in</strong>g level of medical education (ex.<br />

undergraduate (precl<strong>in</strong>ical/cl<strong>in</strong>ical years) and<br />

graduate levels). In order <strong>to</strong> further the discussion<br />

on def<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g professionalism and advance medical<br />

education curricula, this study asks: (1) Is<br />

professionalism applied differently at vary<strong>in</strong>g levels<br />

of medical education? (2) What <strong>in</strong>dividual attributes<br />

are commonly used <strong>to</strong> def<strong>in</strong>e and assess<br />

professionalism at each level of medical education?<br />

METHODS<br />

A comprehensive search us<strong>in</strong>g major biomedical<br />

<strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion databases <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g CINAHL,<br />

MEDLINE, and PsycINFO was performed <strong>to</strong><br />

identify a collection of studies for a literature<br />

re<strong>view</strong>. An <strong>in</strong>itial re<strong>view</strong> of titles and abstracts<br />

revealed those studies <strong>to</strong> be <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> the f<strong>in</strong>al<br />

full-text re<strong>view</strong>. Based on full-text re<strong>view</strong> and<br />

discussions of our f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs, a conceptual framework<br />

is constructed <strong>to</strong> provide a concrete def<strong>in</strong>ition of<br />

professionalism and its respective elements at each<br />

level of medical education.<br />

RESULTS<br />

A collection of 200 studies was retrieved from the<br />

search. After the <strong>in</strong>itial re<strong>view</strong>, a summary table and<br />

notes were developed <strong>to</strong> document the most<br />

common elements of professionalism accord<strong>in</strong>g <strong>to</strong><br />

medical education level. The f<strong>in</strong>al full re<strong>view</strong><br />

explores our research questions and highlights the<br />

Medical Science Educa<strong>to</strong>r © <strong>IAMSE</strong> 2012 Volume 22(4S) 318

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