Ethical issues in unprofessional behavior of residents who dispute dismissal: ten year analysis of case law in hospital-based specialties
We describe perceived unprofessional behavior in residency, which was not about exceptional or abominable behaviors. For the most part, these behaviors concerned the accumulation of remediation-resistant day-to-day underperformance, discrediting trust and professional reliability. This finding encourages dedicated longitudinal assessment of professionalism and fuels the ethical debate about required professional values in hospital care.
Authors
- Walther van Mook (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2398-8878)
- Rankie ten Hoopen
- Gert Olthuis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1055-3816)
- Judith Godschalx-Dekker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5654-3539)
- Sebastiaan A. Pronk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6400-2708)
Institutions
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- Maastricht University Medical Centre (NL)
- Radboud University Medical Center (NL)
- Maastricht University (NL)
- Flevoziekenhuis (NL)
- TropIQ Health Sciences (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medical Ethics
- Published
- 2025-02-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-025-01180-x
- Primary Topic
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00