Measuring Professionalism: A Review of Studies with Instruments Reported in the Literature between 1982 and 2002

This paper describes the measurement properties of instruments reported in the literature that faculty might use to measure professionalism in medical students and residents by reviewing studies from 1982-2002. A national panel of 12 experts in measurement and research in medical education extracted data from research reports using a structured critique form. A total of 134 empirical studies related to the concept of professionalism were identified. The con