PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Loxterkamp, David A.
TI  - An Exploration of Professionalism in Everyday Practice
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2022.220421R1
DP  - 2023 May 08
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
PG  - 515--519
VI  - 36
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/36/3/515.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/36/3/515.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2023 May 08; 36
AB  - Professionalism is what professionals do to connect, contribute, and give back to their profession. We often picture it on a grand and spot-lit stage: the white coat ceremony, graduation oath, diplomas on the wall, and resumes on file. But it is in the crucible of everyday practice that a different image emerges. The icon of the heroic and duty-bound physician morphs into a kind of family portrait. Here we stand on a stage built by our forebears, lean against our colleagues, and look to the community where our work is fulfilled.