Baron Guillaume Dupuytren: when brilliance combats professionalism.

Authors

Sean M. Devitt, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Charles J. Yeo, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Pinckney J. Maxwell, IV, MD, Medical University of South Carolina, CharlestonFollow

Document Type

Article

Presentation Date

9-1-2012

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This article was published in The American Surgeon Volume 78, Issue 9, September 2012, Pages 915-916.

The published version is available at PMID: 22964196. Copyright © Ingenta

Abstract

Baron Guilluame Dupuytren was a French anatomist and surgeon who practiced during the 1800s and is considered by some to be the most brilliant and gifted surgeons of his time. His contributions to the field of surgery are quite extensive, yet his eccentric personality and attitude toward his colleagues, students, and patients raises a very interesting question: could Dr. Dupuytren (Fig. 1) and his many contributions to the field of surgery have thrived in today’s era of professionalism? The concept of professionalism is emphasized to medical students starting from day one of their medical training. How would Dr. Dupuytren, an esteemed anatomist, react to the idea that students are introduced to the idea of professionalism before entering the cadaver laboratory?

Recommended Citation

Devitt, MD, Sean M.; Yeo, MD, Charles J.; and Maxwell, IV, MD, Pinckney J., "Baron Guillaume Dupuytren: when brilliance combats professionalism." (2012). Department of Surgery Gibbon Society Historical Profiles. Paper 40.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/gibbonsocietyprofiles/40