PROFESSIONALISM

Prof. IMRAN IQBAL

Doctors are Professionals

Being a professional

Using the knowledge and skills to help the patients

PROFESSIONALISM

• Expertise

• Dedication

Being a professional

• Adhering to a set of values

• Behaving according to standards

• Being accountable to patients

PROFESSIONALISM

• Skill

• Good judgement

• Polite behaviour

Professional Behaviours

• Commitment to learning

• Attention to patient care

Professional Behaviours

• Responsive to needs of society• Respect for patients• Empathy• Accountability• Commitment to excellence• Self-reflection

Professional Behaviours

• Comitment to learning

• Observing duty time

• Attention to patient care

• Abide by your contracts

Unprofessional behaviours

• Lack of responsibility

• Lapses in patient evaluation and management

• Uncared remarks

Malpractice

• Write unachieved qualifications• Doing clinics during training• Giving false certificates• Receiving personal gifts from Pharma• Giving or Receiving commission for services

Promoting Professional Behaviours

• Mentoring

• Role models

• Culture of professionalism

• Self-reflection / self - audit

How to evaluate professionalism ?

• Incident reports

• Peer assessment

• Evaluation by patients

What to do ?

• Change the behaviour

• Change the character

Career Guidance

Training completed

• CH & ICH, Lahore• Aga Khan Hospital, Karachi

• Ireland• Saudi Arabia