Butt N H, Khan J S.
Medical professionalism – validity of Arabian “lamps” in the context of medical education in Pakistan.
Biomedica Jan ;31(2):141-6.

Medical professionalism tends to highlight certain attitudes, behaviors and characteristics that are desirable among the medical professionals. This concept has been globally highlighted and has been incurporated in the curriculum of most of the medical schools in all parts of the world. CanMEDS is one model which has been developed by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Canada. It identifies seven roles of a physician as a medical professional. Although medial professionalism has been formally adopted in the curriculum of the undergraduate students, yet it poses several challenges in its teaching and assessment. Various tools have been developed for the assessment of gaps in the learning of medical professionalism. It is a well known observation that teaching and assessment of medical professionalism is culture specific and no single yardstick can be used in all parts of the world. In Arabian perspective a tool by the name of Arabian Learner’s Attitude on Medical Professionalism Scale (LAMPS) has been developed and tested. The religion, culture and traditions in Pakistan have similar features compared to Arabian culture. Therefore the questionnaire called Arabian LAMPS would be validated in the perspective of medical education in Pakistan by the medical educationists of the country. In the second phase of the study, this validated questionnaire will be tested on the 4th year medical students.

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