PERSEPSI PROFESIONAL BEHAVIOR PADA MAHASISWA FAKULTAS KEDOKTERAN UNIVERSITAS TADULAKO

Background: Professionalism is a behavior which is a part of the mandatory competence of a doctor. Professionalism cannot be formed in a short time. Therefore, learning about professionals is very appropriate if it is started early so that it can ensure that medical education graduates can apply professional behavior and values in their work or daily environment.
Objectives: To find out how the perceptions of Tadulako University medical students towards professionalist behavior.
Method: This research was a descriptive analytic with cross sectional approach. Sampling was selected through probability sampling technique. A questionnaire containing 32 questions was distributed online to Tadulako University medical school students. This research used the Kruskalwallis SPSS test.
Findings: The results of the Kruskalwallis test showed that doctors personality characteristics perception, interaction with patients perception, social responsibility perception, and interaction with the team perception have no differences in perceptions in the first year, second and third year batch.
Conclusion: There is no difference in the perception of professional behavior among undergraduate students of medical faculty at Tadulako University.

Keywords: Professional behavior, perception of medical students.