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Professionalism Reverse Definitions

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externship   A cooperative or workplace experience or period of training for a student that is provided by the student’s educational facility  
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clinic   A facility providing care on an outpatient basis. Free-standing or associated with a hospital. Many clinics have a specialty, ie.diabetes, orthopedics, cancer. Applied to primary care groups that offer out of-office services-rostered clients can seek care  
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administrative health professional (AHP)   A graduate from an accredited health office administration program who assumes administrative, communication and/or clinical responsibilities in a health-care setting.  
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licensure   A legal document, obtained after passing written and clinical examinations, that is required for health-care practitioners in regulated fields  
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preceptor   A mentor who guides and supervises a student throughout a workplace experience  
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duty   A moral obligation  
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right   A moral, legal, cultural, or traditional claim  
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sick role   A particular social role that an ill person adopts, which involves giving up normal responsibilities and accepting care. May sometimes involve uncharacteristically passive behaviour  
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client   A person seeking or receiving health care; synonymous with patient, but suggests a more active role  
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medical office assistant   A person who handles primarily administrative responsibilities, but also some clinical duties in a health office (titles vary)  
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medical assistant (US)   A person who is trained to assist a physician with various clinical tests, examinations, and procedures  
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behaviour   A person’s discernible responses and actions  
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autonomy   A person’s right to self-determination. In health care it refers to a client’s right to make his own decisions without coercion-decisions for treatment for example, based on fact and being fully informed of all treatment options  
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role   A position in life that carries expectations of responsibilities and of appropriate behaviour  
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health   According to one definition “relative state in which one is able to function well physically, mentally, socially, and spiritually in order to express the full range of one’s unique potentialities within the environment in which one is living”  
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code of ethics   a set of guidelines for ethical conduct  
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wellness   A state of physical and emotional well-being, broadly considered  
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postpartum   After delivery  
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ALS   Also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig’s disease. This is a progressive disease affecting the nerves that are responsible for muscle stimulation. There is no known cure.  
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attribute   An inborn personal quality or characteristic  
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ward clerk   An individual who manages the administrative and communication needs of a client care unit. The title is being replaced with clinical secretary or communications coordinator.  
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triage   Assessing the seriousness of a client’s presenting problem to determine who needs to have medical help first. (chest pain vs sore throat)  
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alternative/complementary health care   Nontraditional methods and practices, based on a natural approach, including chiropractic, acupuncture, massage, and aromatherapy  
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regulated profession   A field legally restricted to practitioners with a specific professional qualification and/or provincial or territorial registration  
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ethnic   Relating to groups of people with a common racial, religious, linguistic, or cultural heritage  
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core competencies   The basic or essential skills that one needs to succeed in a particular profession  
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values   The beliefs a person holds dear and that guide that person’s decisions and behaviour or conduct  
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culture   The languages, beliefs, values, norms, behaviours and even material objects that are passed from one generation to the next  
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remission   The phase of a chronic disease characterized by a relief or absence of clinical signs or symptoms  
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exacerbation   The phase of a chronic disease characterized by a return of clinical signs or symptoms  
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ethics   The philosophical study of standards accepted by society that determine what is right and wrong in human behaviour  
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ethnocentrism   The tendency to use our own culture’s standards as the yardstick to judge everyone; the belief in the superiority of our own group or culture  
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subculture   The values and practices of a group that distinguish it from the larger culture  
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morals   What a person believes to be right and wrong pertaining to how to act, treat others, and get along in an organized society  
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scope of practice   The parameters of duties and responsibilities outlined by one’s professional training and skill set  
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allied healthcare   Any duty or profession that supports primary healthcare providers, such as physicians, nurse practitioners or midwives, in delivering healthcare services  
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tolerance   Allowing people to have their own beliefs, opinions, and way of doing things  
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stereotyping   Assuming that all members of a group are alike  
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prejudice   Coming to conclusions about a person or group on the basis of untested assumptions, without regard for facts  
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justice   Considers concepts of fairness and entitlements, can involve moral or legal issues  
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transcription   Creating a copy of a dictated or recorded message  
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transitional phase   Diagnosis and treatment  
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spiritual   For some, means a belief in and dedication to a higher power; for others it is a personal, or interior quality, tied to emotions, values and morals  
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veracity   Honesty or truthfulness  
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Intellectual   Involves our cognitive ability to determine what is right and what is not  
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emotional   Involves recognizing one's own strengths and weaknesses. being able to analyze and deal with problems and recognize when one needs help  
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skill   Is learned  
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nationality   Manifested when a person belongs to a country with all its legal and social benefits  
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faithfulness   Meeting the reasonable expectations of others  
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discrimination   Occurs when people are denied justice or treated unfairly because of their membership in a group  
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race   Often used to refer to groups of people with similar physical characteristics and a common ancestry  
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social   People with partners and strong social networks are more likely to be physically healthy  
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empathy   Putting yourself in the others shoes  
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resolution phase   recovery/rehabilitation/death  
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physical   Refers to the body's health and functioning  
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ethnicity   Refers to the cultural characteristics of a particular ethnic group  
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beneficence   Requires that we benefit others and act in the person's best interest  
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Action phase   Seeking medical intervention  
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acknowledgment phase   sustained clinical signs  
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initiative   The ability to assess when something needs to be done and to do it  
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preliminary phase   the appearance of clinical signs  
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satisfactory condition   Th client continues to improve and is usually out of danger  
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guarded condition   The client has moved from critical towards wellness; condition is still volatile and subject to change  
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good condition   The client is believed to be on firm footing and is expected to recover  
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critical condition   The client is hanging in the balance between life and death and is receiving active intervention  
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poor condition   The client is near death but not receiving active intervention  
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stable condition   The client's condition has steadied; good news but doesn't indicate a sure recovery  
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