SMJ articles in the category "virtues"

Original Article

Developing the Good Physician: The Influence of Role Models in the Development of Virtues and Flourishing in Medical Students

Objectives: A virtues-based model of character development for training future physicians may lead to increased flourishing in medical students through the influence of exemplary role models. This study aimed to analyze the association between caring virtues and measures of flourishing and to identify facilitators of physician flourishing. Methods: The authors…

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Original Article

Moral Elevation, Physician Role Models, and Selected Markers of Professional Identity Formation and Well-Being: A Secondary Analysis from Two National Surveys

 Objectives: Moral elevation is the underlying emotion that arises when witnessing admirable acts, and it is theorized to be the psychological mechanism driving the impact that positive clinical role models have on medical students’ professional identity formation (eg, growth in professional virtues, higher sense of meaning, and well-being). This proof-of-concept…

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