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Professionalism
- professional character, spirit, or methods.
- the standing, practice, or methods of a professional, as distinguished from an amateur.
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5 key concepts of professionalism
- Character
- Competency
- Conduct
- Attitude
- Excellence
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Character
- 5 key concepts of professionalism
- accept responsibility for their actions and hold themselves accountable (don’t dodge blame, offer excuses, or dwell on their errors)
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Attitude
- 5 key concepts of professionalism
- Express your energy and enthusiasm.
- Take responsibility for your personal development. (can do now)
- Seek out a mentor to guide your growth.
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Excellence
- 5 key concepts of professionalism
- cannot stand still
- a track of continuous learning and growth., don’t do same thing over and over again
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Conduct
- 5 key concepts of professionalism
- Develop your own unique style and class.
- Pay attention to details.
- Turn ordinary events into extraordinary occasions.
- Offer sincere praise and compliments for exceptional work, extra effort, and notable accomplishments.
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7 Professionalism Core Values
- 1. Accountability
- 2. Altruism
- 3.Compassion/Caring
- 4. Excellence
- 5. Integrity
- 6. Professional Duty
- 7. Social Responsibility
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Accountability
- Accepting the responsibility or the diverse roles of PT and positively influencing pt/client outcomes
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- ---- **Seeking and responding to feedback from multiple sources.
- ----respond to pt goals
- ---- take responsibility of learning/ quality of care/ educating students
- ----take responsibility of actions and adhering to code of ethics
- communicate accurately to other
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Altruism
- Putting the patient first
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- ---- Pt need before PT needs
- ----pro-bono/ underserved/under represented
- ---- PT services above and beyond standard of care
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Compassion/Caring
- Compassion: identify something wrong with person; precursor of caring
- Caring: concern/empathy for another
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- ----understanding pts socio-cultural, economical, and psychological influences, and perspective and respect them
- ----advocating
- ---- effective communication
- ---- appropriate POC to achieve greatest well being
- ---- empower pts
- ---- attending to pt needs
- students good at this
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Excellence
- Uses current knowledge and new knowledge and works toward developing new knowledge
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- ---- investing in PT
- ---- using multiple sources for decisions, work in groups
- ---- demonstrate intellectual humility, high knowledge, and skill
- ---- try to expand knowledge/ share knowledge with others
- students good at this
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Integrity
- Adhering to ethics, professional standards truthfulness, fairness, and doing what you say
- Ex
- ----Confront harassment/bias
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Professional Duty
- Obligation to provide effective PT, serve the profession and positively influence the health of society
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- ----Facilitate achievement of goals for function, health and wellness
- ----Preserve safety, security and confidentiality
- ----Involved beyond the practice setting/ promoting PT? taking pride in PT/ mentoring others
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Social Responsibility
- Mutual trust btwn the profession and larger public
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- ---- advocating health/wellness
- ---- promote cultural competency, social policy, volunteerism, political activism
- ----advocate for changes in laws
- ---- work with other HCP
- students not good with this
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