What is a Healthcare Professional?

Webster’s dictionary defines a professional as “characterized by or conforming to the technical or ethical standards of a profession; exhibiting a courteous, conscientious, and generally businesslike manner in the workplace.”

Your role as a PCT certainly means that you have to meet technical and ethical standards. And this work needs to be done in a “courteous, conscientious, and generally businesslike manner”!

In this module you will learn the 5 key aspects of being a healthcare professional:

  1. Competence
  2. Integrity
  3. Critical Thinking
  4. Patient Advocacy
  5. Behavior