Professionalism by Keim Flashcards
An occupation that regulates itself through systematic, required training and collegial discipline; that has a base in technical specialized knowledge; and that has a service rather than a profit orientation.
Profession
An occupation whose core element is work based upon the mastery of a complex body of knowledge and skill.
Profession
It is a vocation in which knowledge of some department of science or learning or the practice of art founded upon it is used in the service of others.
Profession
Its members are governed by code of ethics and profess a commitment to competence, integrity and morality, altruism and the promotion of the public good within their domain.
Profession
As professionals, ___________ are committed to the health and wellbeing of individuals and society through ethical practice, professional-led regulation, and high personal standards of behavior
physicians
These commitments form the basis of a ___________ between a physician and society.
social contract
Society in return grants physicians the privilege of ____________ with the understanding that they are accountable to those served, to the profession, and to society.
profession-led regulation
True or False:
Professional Status is not an inherent right. It is granted by society.
True
It must be constantly earned by meeting the obligations expected of a professional.
Professional status
If medicine fails to meet its obligations ______________.
Society will change its status.
Professional status confers:
- Prestige and Respect
- Trust
- Autonomy in Practice 4. Physician-Led Regulation
- Financial Rewards
A questioning society:
Professionalism is threatened.
A complex health care system:
Professionalism is threatened.
The commodification of health:
Professionalism is threatened.
Failure of the professions to meet their obligations:
Professionalism is threatened.
Physicians have two roles:
- Healer
- Professional
- Served simultaneously
- Analyzed separately
The primary role is that of the _________.
Healer
What model pertains to if society uses the concept of the profession as a means of organizing the delivery of complex services which it requires, including that of the healer.
The professional model
Other models are available;
- Bureaucratic
- Free market
*Neither share the values of the healer
The rights and duties of the state and its citizens are reciprocal and the recognition of this reciprocity constitutes a relationship which by analogy can be called a ____________.
social contract
The _________ in health care hinges on professionalism.
Social Contract
It serves as the basis for the expectations of medicine and society
Social contract
Proposes rights, privileges and obligations on both sides.
Social contract
Mediators of the social contract:
- Health Care System
- Regulatory Framework
- The Commercial Sector
- Other Stakeholders
- The Media
