Professionalism is a critically important aspect of clinical
competence.
. Assessment of professionalism can use a variety of
methods, including responses to vignettes.
. Vignettes that present ethical dilemmas for case-based
learning can be used to ensure coverage of key issues
across groups of students working in small groups.
. This study shows that assessment based on responses to
standardized vignettes can be developed, but achieving
adequate reliability is difficult.