Hodges, Brian DavidGinsburg, ShiphraCruess, RichardCruess, SylviaDelport, RhenaHafferty, FredHo, Ming-JungHolmboe, EricHoltman, MatthewOhbu, SadayoshiRees, CharlotteTen Cate, OlleTsugawa, YusukeVan Mook, WaltherWass, ValWilkinson, TimWade, Winnie2012-09-122012-09-122011-05Hodges, BD, Ginsburg, S, Cruess, R, Cruess, S, Delport, R, Hafferty, F, Ho, MJ, Holmboe, E, Holtman, M, Ohbu, S, Rees, C, Ten Cate, O, Tsugawa, Y, Van Mook, W, Wass, Y, Wilkinson, T & Wade, W 2011, ' Assessment of professionalism : recommendations from the Ottawa 2010 Conference', Medical Teacher, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 354-363.0142-159X (print)1466–187X (online)10.3109/0142159X.2011.577300http://hdl.handle.net/2263/19750Over the past 25 years, professionalism has emerged as a substantive and sustained theme, the operationalization and measurement of which has become a major concern for those involved in medical education. However, how to go about establishing the elements that constitute appropriate professionalism in order to assess them is difficult. Using a discourse analysis approach, the International Ottawa Conference Working Group on Professionalism studied some of the dominant notions of professionalism that can lead towards a multi-dimensional, multi-paradigmatic approach to assessing professionalism at different levels: individual, inter-personal, societal-institutional. Recommendations for research about professionalism assessment are also presented.en© 2011 Informa UK Ltd. This is an electronic version of an article published in Medical Teacher, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 354-363, 2011. Medical Teacher is available online at: http://informahealthcare.com/loi/mte.ProfessionalismOperationalizationMeasurementPostprint Article