Documentos de Académico
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Objectives
Concept of Professionalism
Honesty/integrity
Honesty/integrity is the consistent regard for the highest standards
of behavior and the refusal to violate ones personal and
professional codes. Maintaining integrity requires awareness of
situations that may result in conflict of interest or that may result in
personal gain at the expense of the best interest of the
patient.
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Communication Skills
Dr. Racan Sharbini
Consultant Pediatric Psychologist
Reliability/ responsibility
Reliability/responsibility includes accountability to ones patients
and their families, to society to ensure that the publics needs are
addressed, and to the profession to ensure that the ethical precepts
of practice are upheld. Inherent in this responsibility is reliability in
completing assigned duties or fulfilling commitments. There also
must be a willingness to accept responsibility for errors .
Compassion/ Empathy
Compassion/empathy is a crucial component of medical practice.
The pediatrician must listen attentively, respond humanely to the
concerns of patients and family members, and provide appropriate
empathy for and relief of pain, discomfort, and anxiety as part of
daily practice.
Self-improvement
Self-improvement is the pursuit of and commitment to providing
the highest quality of health care through lifelong learning and
education. The pediatrician must seek to learn from errors and
aspire to excellence through self-evaluation and acceptance of the
critiques of others.
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Communication Skills
Dr. Ali Saeed Baselem
Professor & Consultant of Social Medicine
Communication/ Collaboration
Communication/collaboration is crucial to providing the best care
for patients. Pediatricians must work cooperatively and
communicate effectively with patients and their families and with
all health care providers involved in the care of their patients.
Altruism/ Advocacy
Altruism/advocacy refers to unselfish regard for and devotion to the
welfare of others. It is a key element of professionalism. Selfinterest or the interests of other parties should not interfere with
the care of ones patients and their families.
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Communication Skills
Dr. Abdullah Kafi
Professor & Consultant of Psychiatric Disease
Communication Disorders
Speech-Language Impairment
Parents often bring the concern of speech delay to the physicians
attention when they compare their young child with others of the
same age (Table 10-9). The most
common causes of the speech delay are MR, hearing impairment,
social deprivation, autism, and oral-motor abnormalities.
References
Nelson Essentials of Pediatrics 6th edition