2006/06/01 by Wade Gofton, Glenn Regehr · 1 voice · 165 citations
Medicine · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Curriculum #Diversity and Career in Medicine #Function (biology) #Hidden curriculum #Innovations in Medical Education #Institution #Medical Education and Admissions #Medical education #Medicine #Pedagogy #Psychology
paper · doi:10.1097/01.blo.0000224024.96034.b2
published in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 449, 20-27 (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)
openalex publication_date 2006/06/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
In addition to the intentional teaching of knowledge and skills by surgeons to their trainees and protégés is the unintended, often unrealized transmission of implicit beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors through a process called the hidden curriculum. The hidden curriculum is a function of implicit values held by the institution as a whole, and the individual surgical educators and allied health professionals working in the trainee's learning environment. It has been argued the hidden curriculum plays a central role in the development of professionalism, but it may also play an important role in inadvertently deterring good candidates from considering orthopaedic surgery as a career. We review the importance of attending to the messages we transmit to our trainees, protégés, and junior colleagues as we strive to develop professional competency and recruit the best into the field.