Medic School Discussions: What Does Professional Mean to you?
** Please comment and let me know your thoughts, if I'm wrong I want to learn why and how to be better** What Does Professional Mean to you? professionalism: Possessing the required abilities, knowledge, and self-discipline to effectively perform a specialized action or work. As a paramedic I have to be able to quickly and accurately assess and treat a Patient. Not only do I need the knowledge and physical ability to do the work, but I need to have the self-discipline to do it appropriately, effectively, and compassionately. Because our work is so publicly available it is essential that we show ourselves in a confident, competent manner. If my patient doesn't think I’m competent because I lacked the self-discipline to tuck my shirt in and fix my hair at O’dark thirty they won’t be as receptive to my assessment or treatments. As someone who doesn't have a lot of volunteer experience I have mixed thoughts of “professional” volunteers. On the first day of orientation at ...