Professionalism by Keim

Question 1

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.

Answer 1

Profession

Question 2

An occupation whose core element is work based upon the mastery of a complex body of knowledge and skill.

Answer 2

Profession

Question 3

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.

Answer 3

Profession

Question 4

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.

Answer 4

Profession

Question 5

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

Answer 5

physicians

Question 6

These commitments form the basis of a ___________ between a physician and society.

Answer 6

social contract

Question 7

Society in return grants physicians the privilege of ____________ with the understanding that they are accountable to those served, to the profession, and to society.

Answer 7

profession-led regulation

Question 8

True or False:

Professional Status is not an inherent right. It is granted by society.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

It must be constantly earned by meeting the obligations expected of a professional.

Answer 9

Professional status

Question 10

If medicine fails to meet its obligations ______________.

Answer 10

Society will change its status.

Question 11

Professional status confers:

Answer 11

1. Prestige and Respect
2. Trust
3. Autonomy in Practice 4. Physician-Led Regulation
4. Financial Rewards

Question 12

A questioning society:

Answer 12

Professionalism is threatened.

Question 13

A complex health care system:

Answer 13

Professionalism is threatened.

Question 14

The commodification of health:

Answer 14

Professionalism is threatened.

Question 15

Failure of the professions to meet their obligations:

Answer 15

Professionalism is threatened.

Question 16

Physicians have two roles:

Answer 16

1. Healer
2. Professional

• Served simultaneously
• Analyzed separately

Question 17

The primary role is that of the _________.

Answer 17

Healer

Question 18

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.

Answer 18

The professional model

Question 19

Other models are available;

Answer 19

1. Bureaucratic
2. Free market

*Neither share the values of the healer

Question 20

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 ____________.

Answer 20

social contract

Question 21

The _________ in health care hinges on professionalism.

Answer 21

Social Contract

Question 22

It serves as the basis for the expectations of medicine and society

Answer 22

Social contract

Question 23

Proposes rights, privileges and obligations on both sides.

Answer 23

Social contract

Question 24

Mediators of the social contract:

Answer 24

1. Health Care System
2. Regulatory Framework
3. The Commercial Sector
4. Other Stakeholders
5. The Media