Assessing medical professionalism: A systematic review of instruments and their measurement properties

Systematic search of the electronic databases PubMed, Web of Science, and PsycINFO to collect studies published from 1990–2015 with instruments to assess medical professionalism. Good tables, 74 instruments identifies. Conclusion–Limited number of methodologically sound studies. Of the instruments reviewed, Hisar’s instrument for nursing students, the Nursing Practitioner’s Roles and Competencies Scale, and Perceived Faculty Competency Inventory were best rated and had outstanding performance in both measurement properties and corresponding study methodological quality. However, there is still the need for high-quality instruments assessing medical professionalism in other subfields, such as for physicians.