Teaching Professionalism in Graduate Health Care Education: How to Help Students Succeed in the Complex Healthcare Landscape
About the Presenter(s)
Mary I. Fisher, PT, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Physical Therapy
Lindsey Hammet, MPAS, PA-C, Associate Clinical Professor and Chair, Department of Physician Assistant Studies
Sean Gallivan, PT, PhD, NCS, C/NDT, Director of Clinical Education; Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
Kelli K. Huesman, MPAS, PA-C, Director of Clinical Education, Department of Physical Therapy
Location
Kennedy Union Room 207
Start Date
4-1-2023 2:10 PM
End Date
4-1-2023 3:00 PM
Abstract/Description
The COVID-19 pandemic has turned an overextended health care system into a more complex ecosystem for students and new health care professionals to navigate. Societal health needs continue to grow, from responding to acute emergencies to managing chronic health conditions. The University of Dayton has a commitment to teach within our Marianist charism to address our community health care needs. Graduate students in our health care programs will need to be able to meet these needs while demonstrating professional behaviors.
Current graduate students begin graduate health care programs without an understanding of professional health care behaviors and how they can be successfully demonstrated. Professional behaviors include: commitment to learning, interpersonal skills, communication skills, effective use of time and resources, use of constructive feedback, problem solving, responsibility, critical thinking, and stress management. These competencies are inherent in successful health care practice, yet students are challenged by current stressors and lack of preparation to meet societal needs. This session will include a discussion of the professional behaviors expected of health care providers and how graduate programs can prepare students to meet these competencies to serve our community’s health care needs.
Goals for Attendees
Attendees will --understand the multi-focal professional behavior competencies of healthcare providers --be able to apply strategies to engage students in developing professional behaviors within graduate education
Teaching Professionalism in Graduate Health Care Education: How to Help Students Succeed in the Complex Healthcare Landscape
Kennedy Union Room 207
The COVID-19 pandemic has turned an overextended health care system into a more complex ecosystem for students and new health care professionals to navigate. Societal health needs continue to grow, from responding to acute emergencies to managing chronic health conditions. The University of Dayton has a commitment to teach within our Marianist charism to address our community health care needs. Graduate students in our health care programs will need to be able to meet these needs while demonstrating professional behaviors.
Current graduate students begin graduate health care programs without an understanding of professional health care behaviors and how they can be successfully demonstrated. Professional behaviors include: commitment to learning, interpersonal skills, communication skills, effective use of time and resources, use of constructive feedback, problem solving, responsibility, critical thinking, and stress management. These competencies are inherent in successful health care practice, yet students are challenged by current stressors and lack of preparation to meet societal needs. This session will include a discussion of the professional behaviors expected of health care providers and how graduate programs can prepare students to meet these competencies to serve our community’s health care needs.
