All registered health professionals in Australia are, under the National Law, required to undertake Continuing Professional Development (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, 2015). Continuing Professional Development or CPD is the way through which professionals preserve, enhance, and expand their knowledge and skills that are required of them throughout their professional career (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, 2015). These learning activities would help ensure that a…
Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) developed a white paper on the profession of arms to highlights the necessity for a professional force in a time of persistent conflict (Profession of Arms, 2010). Today’s Army is a unique profession comprised of professional Soldiers whose dedication to the profession and the nation guarantee the success of the mission. The Army as a Professional Force According to the Profession of Arms (2010), a profession is an occupation characterized by highly…
Although it’s sad we judge people, appearance is one of the biggest factors in deciding immediately whether you like or dislike someone. Next, an individual’s demeanor and how one carries themselves is another trait that is often overlooked. In a professional setting, there needs to…
different services from various health and social care organisations where there is shared interest as well as the same objectives working towards the same goal. Multi‐agency working is about providing services from different agencies with a team of professionals as well as other staff that works together where the needs of children, young people, carers and parents are fully met (Hymans, 2009). According to reports from BBC News (2015) Child H, at age 12 went blind in his left eye after…
and taking care of a family. Being a professional can help you with some of them especially when you are working. Professionalism is defined as the conduct, aims, or qualities that characterize or mark a profession or a professional person. A profession is defined as a calling requiring specialized knowledge and often long and intensive academic preparation. Being a professional and having professionalism can help you get and keep a job. If you are a professional the managers won’t have to…
Going into this class, I thought that it would be as simple as delivering a couple of speeches and showing up to class. But I realized I was mistaken from day 1. EDPS 31500 is a course that not only taught me interpersonal oral communication skills, but also taught me how to be a better friend, partner, team player, leader, and most importantly, a global citizen. In this course, I was able to practice and improve my oral communication skills through various activities such as the leadership…
Professionalism is a popular issue leading the healthcare system. The Article Professionalism: good for patients and health care organizations by Brennan, M. D., & Monson, V addressee the role that health care organization can play in establishing that are conducive to the consistent expression. The article identifies some important strategies that can help promote combined organizational and individual approaches. Health care professions must place the need to the patient ahead of anything else…
A profession is an organization of professionals that functions at an expert level. The field of medicine is an example of a profession, because people that seek out doctors expect to receive top notch treatment performed by a specialist in that field with years of training and experience. You can’t just fall into a profession and become a subject matter expert. It entails years of training, understanding, and practice, because people’s lives depend on it. The Army is a profession, because of…
Sergeant To be a professional is to understand, embrace, and competently practice the expertise of the profession (The Profession of Arms, 2010). The Army White Paper, The Profession of Arms, further explains the definition of the profession of arms as a vocation comprised of experts certified in the ethical application of land combat power. “I am an expert, I am a professional” often recited by American Soldiers, in the Soldier’s Creed, are attributes of the competent professional in their…
Obviously, you want to treat people in the workplace and in the classroom with the most respect and you want to work hard in both settings. But it is different in the sense of style; typically you dress more professional for work than you would for class. Perhaps at work you can refer to you boss by his or her first name but in the classroom you don’t address your professor by their first name. All in all, there are some similarities and some differences when it…