One main domain that Family Medicine Professional Choices FMProC/CProMF (Choix professionnels en Médecine de famille) regularly assesses in a Family Medicine PGY1 is their commitment to professionalism.
In this scenario, the PGY1 discovers that the world does not necessary stick to his understanding of Professionalism. How our PGY1 should behave in such difficult encounters.
Question:
You are on your family medicine rotation in an academic setting, your supervisor for this rotation is a well-achieved academic physician. Clinically, he is vastly knowledgeable and highly skillful with patients. You find his teaching style very well suited for your needs. However, at the end of your rotation at that hospital, you had a conversation when you heard your supervisor mentions you to be on higher advantage point academically as compared to your other female colleague. He elaborated that female doctors spend a lot of their times away from clinical practice and academia, caring for their children, therefore, they achieve less success in those domains. How should you react?
Rank the following answer in terms of their appropriateness, starting from most appropriate, ending in the least appropriate.
1-ask to speak with your supervisor privately and ask him of what he meant
2-speak with chief of department and confide in him/her what you've heard
3-encourage your female colleague to raise a complaint against your supervisor
4-advise colleague to avoid your supervisor while in service
5-discuss situation with your mentor and ask him/her how to proceed with such encounter
Answer:
5-most appropriate since you mentor is can give you an unbiased opinion outside from this clinical setting
2-good option since you're looking for advice from a competent party, however, less appropriate than answer above since being part of the clinical setting could bias the advice given
1-less appropriate since it is not a PGY1 role to take on such intimidating duties and this action can have negative repercussions on PGY1
3-less appropriate
4-least appropriate is to do nothing