HLT 307V Week 4 DQ 1 & 2 Latest GCU

Week 4 DQ 1

Define personal image and discuss why maintaining professionalism while on the job and after hours are important. Give at least two examples of ways health care provider’s exhibit professionalism in practice.

Week 4 DQ 2

Consider the following scenario:

Someone that you thought was your friend posted on a popular social networking site embarrassing photographs of you taken at a party last weekend. This was done without your knowledge or permission. The following day you receive a call from your employer asking you to meet with your boss and your HR department to discuss your behavior.

What would you do? How could you have avoided this scenario?

HLT 307V Week 5 DQ 1 & 2 Latest GCU

Week 5 DQ 1

Why must health care providers must grow as professionals? What benefits does this give to all interested parties (the organization, the patients, and the health care providers themselves)? Make a list of at least five benefits and then pick two from among the list that you most closely identify with. Explain how these two benefits may have impacted your own professional development.

Week 5 DQ 2

Considering what you have learned throughout this course, what skills, behaviors or approaches might you apply in your organizational setting either to improve patient care, or to advance your professional career? What can you do today to set your plans in motion?