Attitudes toward professionalism in medical students and its associations with personal characteristics and values: what actually makes a difference? [Response to Letter]

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Polona Selic,1 Anja Cerne,1 Zalika Klemenc-Ketis,1–3 Davorina Petek,1 Igor Svab11Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia; 2Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Maribor, Maribor 2000, Slovenia; 3Community Health Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana 1000, SloveniaCorrespondence: Polona SelicDepartment of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Poljanski nasip 58, Ljubljana 1000, SloveniaEmail [email protected] behalf of all authors, it is a great joy to explain our views and concept to interested readers. In the article "Attitudes toward professionalism in medical students and its associations with personal characteristics and values: a national multicentre study from Slovenia raising the question of the need to rethink professionalism" we aimed to find out whether personal values and basic personality traits are associated with attitudes toward professionalism in medical students.This is in response to the Letter to the EditorView the original paper by Selic and colleagues