Recommended Reading

Foundations of professionalism

Is dentistry a profession?
Welie JV. Part 1. Professionalism defined. J Can Dent Assoc. 2004;70(8):529-32.

Dentistry's Social Contract and the Loss of Professionalism.
Holden AC. Aust Dent J. 2016 May 9. doi: 10.1111/adj.12428. PMID: 27159075

Professionalism, then and now.
Newsome PR, Langley PP. Br Dent J. 2014 May;216(9):497-502. doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2014.355. PMID: 24809563

Cultivating professional responsibility in a dental hygiene curriculum.
Blue CM. J Dent Educ. 2013 Aug;77(8):1042-51. PMID: 23929574

How dentistry should approach its problems: a vote for professionalism.
Rule JT. J Am Coll Dent. 2010 Winter;77(4):59-67. PMID: 21485344

Renewing professionalism in dental education: overcoming the market environment.
Masella RS. J Dent Educ. 2007 Feb;71(2):205-16. PMID: 1731438

Dental professionalism: definitions and debate.
Trathen A, Gallagher JE. Br Dent J. 2009 Mar 14;206(5):249-53. doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2009.164. PMID: 19287419

Preventing and managing unprofessionalism in medical school faculties.
Binder R, Friedli A, Fuentes-Afflick E. Acad Med. 2015 Apr;90(4):442-6. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000592. PMID: 25470311

Amending Miller's Pyramid to Include Professional Identity Formation.
Cruess RL, Cruess SR, Steinert Y. Acad Med. 2016 Feb;91(2):180-5. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000913. PMID: 26332429

Perspective: Organizational professionalism: relevant competencies and behaviors.
Egener B, McDonald W, Rosof B, Gullen D. Acad Med. 2012 May;87(5):668-74. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31824d4b67. Review. PMID: 22450182


Practical Professionalism

Professional behaviours demonstrated by undergraduate dental students using an incident reporting system.
Taylor CL, Grey NJ. Br Dent J. 2015 May 22;218(10):591-6. doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2015.386. PMID: 25998353

Can patients help teach professionalism and empathy to dental students? Adding patient videos to a lecture course.
Schwartz B, Bohay R. J Dent Educ. 2012 Feb;76(2):174-84. PMID: 22319082

Mindfulness and professionalism in dentistry.
Lovas JG, Lovas DA, Lovas PM. J Dent Educ. 2008 Sep;72(9):998-1009. PMID: 18768442

Teaching communications and professionalism through writing and humanities: reflections of ten years of experience
Sklar DP, Doezema D, McLaughlin S, Helitzer D
Acad Emerg Med. 2002 Nov;9(11):1360-4

Narrative, emotion and action: analysing 'most memorable' professionalism dilemmas
Rees CE, Monrouxe LV, McDonald LA
Med Educ. 2013 Jan;47(1):80-96. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2012.04302.x
PMID: 23278828