Objectives 1 Identify professional and unprofessional behaviors 2 Discuss the Northeastern University SOP Professional Conduct 3 Define Interprofessional Professionalism 4 Explain the importance of Interprofessional education and practice 5 Identify reasons why professors are seeing a lack of profession alisms among students Code of Conduct vision of patient care school of pharmacy pharmacy related education research and service including the pro promote intellectual growth professionalism and lifelong learning Core Tenets scholarship and commitment to excellence accountability and initiative self growth and self care responsibility and sense of duty compassion and respect for others integrity and trustworthiness teamwork and professional demeanor concern for the welfare of patients and altruism Professionalism Assessment Tool PAT to measure performance students will be held responsible for monitoring their adherence to the core tenets of professionalism subsequent consequences of any violations The Chronicle of Higher Education Article in survey professors see a lack of professionalism among students more than one third 38 3 of professors felt that fewer than half of their upper level students exhibited qualities associated with being professional in the work force 37 5 reported a decrease over the past five years in the percentage of students demon strating professionalism survey conducted by Center for Professional Excellence at York College in PA conducts annual study of employers views of the professionalism of recent college this year more than 400 profs in various disciplines at more than 330 institutions partic grads in the workforce ipated in the survey qualities associated with being profession good interpersonal skills being focused and attentive being dependable in completing tasks on schedule and displaying a work ethic those who viewed their students as failing to exhibit professionalism almost 30 blamed that view on a heightened sense of entitlement among students expecting rewards without putting in the work or effort to merit the rewards technology was blamed by 75 6 of surveyed for interrupting student focus and many said the problem was getting worse 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 96 7 said that information technology etiquette problems and abuses texting inappro priate use of Internet and cellphones during class poorly written emails substituting digital communication for in person communication had increased or stayed the same over the past five years more than half of respondents saw students attempts at multitasking as a con tributing factor for a lack of focus faculty survey s findings mirror results the Center for Professional Excellence has consis tently seen about first year employees who are recent college grads according to 2013 Professionalism in the Workplace 35 9 of employers said that new employees are exhibiting decreased professionalism Deborah Ricker said that professional behaviors that are honed in college similar to those that new grads take into the workplace overarching consistency declining professionalism among both cur rent college students and newly college grads in the workplace was attributed to a heightened sense of entitlement change in culture values declining communication skills and a lack of motivation and focus expects trend to continue Behaviors of Interprofessional Professionalism Cohen stressed that professionalism is a changing set of behaviors rather than a belief system in order to demonstrate proficiency in professionalism people must adopt behaviors that can be measured and assessed rather than beliefs Hafferty said an upstream agreement across all disciplines would lay the foundation for discussing behaviors what society can expect from the professions in terms of competencies and ethics form a foundation on which to build a shared language to improve communica tion among all the health professions Four Behaviors Identified by Herbert Swick physicians subordinate their own interests to the interests of others physicians adhere to high ethical and moral standards physicians respond to societal needs and their behaviors reflect a social contract with the communities served physicians evince core humanistic values including honesty and integrity caring and compassion altruism and empathy respect for others and trustworthiness members of the interprofessional professionalism collaborative IPC allopathic medicine audiology dentistry internal medicine national board of medical examiners nursing occupational therapy optometry osteopathic medicine pharmacy physical therapy psychology speech language pathology veterinary medicine definition of interprofessional professionalism IPP consistent demon stration of core values evidenced by professionals working together aspir ing to and wisely applying principles of altruism excellence caring ethics respect communication accountability to achieve optimal health and well ness in individuals and communities shared language among professionals began less than a decade ago by the 14 member group known as the Interprofessional Professionalism Collaborative IPC Jody Frost leads the IPC group s work involves developing a valid and reliable assess ment tool for interprofessional professionalism behaviors that can be used to educators across all health professions ultimate goal of the IPC is to create a resource toolkit to help health professionals and faculties understand the concept of team based collaborative professionalism and how these concepts could be applied in educational and practice environments professionalism supports the ultimate goals of patient client family centered care quality and patient safety professionalism combined with cooperation among members of multiple health profes sions is key to achieving patient care goals despite its critical importance cooperation is seldom emphasized within professionalism Schmitt suggested that in the IPC s figure professionalism smaller circle contained within the larger interprofessional professionalism by reversing it forces health profession als to first think collaboratively before considering individual professions