Introduction
Professionalism within healthcare and specifically Physiotherapy, is a means in which to deliver high quality of practice and patient fulfillment, throughout daily care. This thesis will discuss aspects of professionalism within healthcare including: regulatory bodies, professional’s responsibilities, The National Health Service, education and quality of care. The Oxford English Dictionary defines a Profession as; “a vocation that involves some branch of advance learning in science.” (Swannell1992). This highlights that a fundamental aspect of being a professional within health care is to have received an advanced level of education, in order to be accepted as a professional, this is discussed further in the education section. …show more content…
However, transparency can lead to a lack of personal autonomy (Levay2009), and lead to a lack of innovation and development in research in professional health care workers, due to tight governing guidelines of either regulatory bodies or an employer. Further more confidentiality is a core aspect of professionalism in health care, and is predominately underpinning high-quality ethical practice within the field of physiotherapy. (Cross, Sim2000) Confidentiality is not only essential in gaining the patients trust but it is also an obligation by law, ‘Confidentiality (2009)’, which involves a set of principles that health care workers have to understand and follow, regarding disclosure of identifiable patient information. (General Medical Council 2009). Therefore, it can be stated that acting without complete confidentiality, would not only be breaking the law but would also lead to negligent of the patients and damage professional standards for both a health care professional or the association they are affiliated …show more content…
The government funded company outline specific guidance for quality of care and professionalism which is expected to be adhered to by all employees. A key aspect of this professionalism within the physiotherapist sector of the NHS is a life long learning strategy, whereby the physiotherapist undergoes an active approach to continuous learning during their professional careers. (Tobin, Judd1999a) In conjunction to this the NHS aims to implement rotation of staff at band five level. Thus enabling newly qualified professionals working in the health service to be able to develop their skills in a verity of settings. Leading to the improvement in knowledge and therefore of the quality of practice. Although a possible downfall of the public service, is that often clinicians become despondent and lack high levels of professionalism, due to the targets of management being focused on improving financial issues (Tobin, Judd1999b), rather than quality of care and improving the standard of practice leading to lack in staff actualization and a potential fall in professionalism throughout the
Professionalism within healthcare and specifically Physiotherapy, is a means in which to deliver high quality of practice and patient fulfillment, throughout daily care. This thesis will discuss aspects of professionalism within healthcare including: regulatory bodies, professional’s responsibilities, The National Health Service, education and quality of care. The Oxford English Dictionary defines a Profession as; “a vocation that involves some branch of advance learning in science.” (Swannell1992). This highlights that a fundamental aspect of being a professional within health care is to have received an advanced level of education, in order to be accepted as a professional, this is discussed further in the education section. …show more content…
However, transparency can lead to a lack of personal autonomy (Levay2009), and lead to a lack of innovation and development in research in professional health care workers, due to tight governing guidelines of either regulatory bodies or an employer. Further more confidentiality is a core aspect of professionalism in health care, and is predominately underpinning high-quality ethical practice within the field of physiotherapy. (Cross, Sim2000) Confidentiality is not only essential in gaining the patients trust but it is also an obligation by law, ‘Confidentiality (2009)’, which involves a set of principles that health care workers have to understand and follow, regarding disclosure of identifiable patient information. (General Medical Council 2009). Therefore, it can be stated that acting without complete confidentiality, would not only be breaking the law but would also lead to negligent of the patients and damage professional standards for both a health care professional or the association they are affiliated …show more content…
The government funded company outline specific guidance for quality of care and professionalism which is expected to be adhered to by all employees. A key aspect of this professionalism within the physiotherapist sector of the NHS is a life long learning strategy, whereby the physiotherapist undergoes an active approach to continuous learning during their professional careers. (Tobin, Judd1999a) In conjunction to this the NHS aims to implement rotation of staff at band five level. Thus enabling newly qualified professionals working in the health service to be able to develop their skills in a verity of settings. Leading to the improvement in knowledge and therefore of the quality of practice. Although a possible downfall of the public service, is that often clinicians become despondent and lack high levels of professionalism, due to the targets of management being focused on improving financial issues (Tobin, Judd1999b), rather than quality of care and improving the standard of practice leading to lack in staff actualization and a potential fall in professionalism throughout the