The Demands of Professionalism

Volume 2, Number 9: 79-87 Full Issue PDF
  • Case and Commentary
    Sep 2000

    Medical Student Exposure to TB

    Audiey Kao, MD, PhD
    An ethical case explores whether it's appropriate for a resident who was exposed to TB to discontinue his treatment regimen and potentially expose his colleagues and patients.
    Virtual Mentor. 2000; 2(9):80-. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2000.2.9.hlaw1-0009.
  • In the Literature
    Sep 2000

    Teaching Professionalism in Undergraduate Medical Education

    Audiey Kao, MD, PhD
    Readers are referred to an article in a 1999 issue of JAMA to discuss whether medical professionalism should be explicitly taught in medical schools and residency programs.
    Virtual Mentor. 2000; 2(9):81-. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2000.2.9.jdsc1-0009.
  • Art of Medicine
    Sep 2000

    Call for Images of Healing and Learning

    Audiey Kao, MD, PhD
    The journal invites students to share their observations and reflections of healing and learning captured in photographs taken during their medical training.
    Virtual Mentor. 2000; 2(9):82-. doi: doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2000.2.9.imhl1-0009.
  • Personal Narrative
    Sep 2000

    Through the Patient's Eyes: On Being Human

    Faith Lagay, PhD
    Readers are referred to an article by Nancy A. Dimeo in a 1997 issue of JAMA to consider the experience of health care from the patient's perspective.
    Virtual Mentor. 2000; 2(9):83-. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2000.2.9.prsp1-0009.
  • Viewpoint
    Sep 2000

    David Hilfiker, MD

    Audiey Kao, MD, PhD
    David Hilfiker, founder of Joseph's House in Washington, D.C., and a champion for medical care for the poor, is recognized for being an exemplary role model in medicine for his work in helping homeless patients with AIDS.
    Virtual Mentor. 2000; 2(9):86-87. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2000.2.9.prol1-0009.