Table 2.

Overview of overall item score per aspect and items with the highest and lowest scores per aspect

Factor no.	Factor description	Item no.	Item	Mean item score	Standard deviation
Elements of professionalism relevant for intensivists
All items
		10	Displaying responsibility for example by admitting errors	6.62	0.60
		9	Altruism, placing the interests of patient and family before one’s own	4.32	1.61
1	Striving for excellence			6.17	0.71
		25	Correct, non-falsified record keeping	6.43	0.65
		22	Adequate way of providing feedback	5.79	1.18
2	Communication and teamwork			6.39	0.62
		34	Explaining in a understandable way to the patient	6.50	0.61
		36	Adequate and respectful communication with nurses and other colleagues	6.31	0.68
3	Responsibility (towards patient care and teaching)			5.82	0.83
		35	Listening to the patients, and providing them with the opportunity to give their own opinions and thoughts	6.31	0.76
		41	Having knowledge of legal aspects of ICU care, and acting accordingly	5.56	1.03
4	Ethical issues			5.80	0.73
		12	Correctly dealing with medical issues regarding usefulness of admittance of a patient	6.34	0.75
		11	Making choices or decisions related to aspects of social justice	5.16	1.34
Recognition of methods of teaching and learning professionalism
All items
		53	Observations in daily practice (without formally scheduled discussion of the events)	5.99	0.95
		58	Watching television programmes, e.g. ER, House	2.69	1.65
1	Formal curriculum			4.08	1.24
		49	Attending ICU symposia and congresses	4.59	1.69
		48	Reading articles regarding professionalism in medical education journals	2.93	1.81
2	Private and academic experiences			4.19	1.08
		55	Contacts with patients and their family	6.00	0.85
		58	Watching television programmes, e.g. ER, House	2.69	1.65
3	Role modelling and experiential learning			5.54	0.90
		53	Observations in daily practice (without formally scheduled discussion of the events)	5.99	0.95
		62	Contact with negative role models regarding professionalism	5.31	1.43
Perceived usefulness of methods of teaching and learning professionalism
All items
		71	Observations in daily practice (without formally scheduled discussion of the events)	5.81	1.22
		77	Watching television programmes, e.g. ER, House	2.49	1.57
1	Private and academic experiences			3.91	1.10
		72	Reflection on personal functioning and development (stimulated by supervisor)	5.12	1.40
		77	Watching television programmes, e.g. ER, House	2.49	1.57
2	Formal curriculum			3.91	1.39
		67	Attending ICU symposia and congresses	4.39	0.74
		66	Reading articles regarding professionalism in medical education journals	3.06	1.79
3	Role modelling and experiential learning			5.62	1.06
		71	Observations in daily practice (without formally scheduled discussion of the events)	5.81	1.22
		80	Contact with negative role models regarding professionalism	5.45	1.54