Organize national workshops and seminars to provide open forums for discussing best practices, assessment tools, and approaches to remediation of professionalism
Perform detailed and extensive surveys of program directors, faculty, and residents to ascertain their perspectives on what constitutes unprofessional behavior and how best to address it
Validate and standardize multiple case scenarios and remediation approaches that could be presented to faculty and residents at multiple institutions and the results compared and shared
Develop and validate on-boarding and orientation programs incorporating significant amounts of ethics and professionalism education
Develop webinars or other online education programs to provide easy access to ethics and professionalism education to faculty and residents at multiple institutions
Study and validate the utility and efficacy of the Pathology Milestones in assessing ethical and professional behavior
Incorporate examination questions related to ethics and professionalism in in-service examinations given to residents and fellows (eg, RISE, TMISE, FISHE, etc) and score/result these as a separate category for ease of interpretation
Develop and research a variety of education and assessment tools for ethics and professionalism such as narrative self-reflection, case portfolios, utility of focus groups, utility of “teachable moments” at the scope and the bedside, and so on
Study the role/importance of faculty mentors and role models in influencing and shaping residents’ education and practice of ethical and professional behavior
Study how a “culture of professionalism” could be developed and promoted within departments and training programs
Develop methods to incorporate critical thinking skills into educational efforts related to ethics and professionalism
Develop faculty development tools for assessing residents’ professionalism, interpersonal, and communication skills
Research the presence and significance of a “hidden curriculum,” as it relates to ethics and professionalism in pathology training
