Introducing PCL: 

The Problem:
Health professionals are familiar with clinician – patient professionalism boundaries and behaviours. How do these codes of conduct apply to teachers in healthcare professional education? How can teachers model and teach professionalism to the learner, while ensuring that the teaching approach is appropriate?  How can teachers protect themselves, and their learners from harm?

Our Approach:
The Waterloo Regional Campus of McMaster University and the School of Pharmacy at the University of Waterloo have designed and produced 6 modules on “professionalism in clinical learning (PCL)”. They aim to familiarize HPE teachers with important concepts, recognize traps and pitfalls, and equip them with skills and strategies to enhance professional conduct in the clinical learning environment. The modules can be completed in a small group interactive workshop or individually as a self-directed learning activity. The presenters believe that this series can be adopted by any institution or faculty that educates healthcare professionals with a goal of enhancing professional conduct and the teaching of professionalism in the clinical environment.