What are the Attitudes of Medical Students at Jazan University Toward Professionalism?

PURPOSE: We assessed the attitudes of Jazan University medical students toward professionalism and evaluated the associations of those attitudes with demographic factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Seven hundred ninety-seven respondents (88.85% response rate) out of 898 students who were invited to this study (50.7% were men and 49.3% were women) were studied by their response to the Learner’s Attitude of Medical Professionalism Scale (LAMPS) that assess their level of agreement with 28 items, each reflecting a single professionalism competency within the subscales of Altruism, Excellence, Duty/Accountability, Honor/Integrity, and Respect for Others. RESULTS: Of 797 respondents (88.85% response rate), 50.7% were men and 49.3% were women. Subscales with high agreement scores were Excellence (median, 21.0; range, 6–30) and Duty/Accountability (median, 21.0; range, 7–35). Subscales with slightly lower agreement scores were Respect for Others (median, 15.0; range, 5–25), Altruism (median, 15.0; range, 5–25), and Honor/Integrity (median, 12.0; range, 5–25). No sex differences were observed for most subscales; however, men gave higher agreement scores on the Excellence subscale, and compared with year 3 respondents (preclinical phase), year 6 respondents (clinical phase) gave higher agreement scores on the Excellence, Altruism, and Respect for Others subscales. CONCLUSION: Overall, medical students at Jazan University indicated high agreement with all attitudes to professionalism subscales on the LAMPS.