%0 Journal Article
%T When do medical students become professionals?
%A JR Williams
%J South African Journal of Bioethics and Law
%D 2009
%I 
%X Becoming a medical professional is a gradual process that begins at entry into medical school and continues throughout the entire training period. Four events mark key stages in this process: entry into medical school, beginning of clinical rotations, graduation and beginning of independent practice. Essential characteristics of student professionalism are commitment, honesty, discretion, co-operation, participation, diligence and temperance. Students need to know how to deal with unprofessional behaviour, whether their own or other students¡¯ or teachers¡¯. Medical schools must have comprehensive programmes for teaching and supporting student professionalism.
%U http://www.ajol.info/index.php/sajbl/article/view/50244