After completing all of this week’s assigned readings and videos, address the questions below in a 2-3 page, double spaced, essay. Follow an essay format that includes; introduction, body, conclusion. You may use your textbooks, assigned and optional readings, and/ or other outside sources as references, but you must provide references using proper APA style formatting (in-text). For assistance with APA style formatting, visit the APA website. Be sure to include a properly formatted title page and references page. Completing this activity will help you to master the following course outcomes:
We have all come into this course with values and beliefs around professional presence, whether they emanate from our own work experiences and organizational norms, or based on what we have observed in watching how professionals present themselves.
What does professionalism and professional presence mean to you?
Professional presence can be challenged by unprofessional attitudes and behaviors of other people, including colleagues and supervisors. Negative encounters with patients can shake our professional demeanor.
What are some strategies to maintaining your own professionalism when someone else is not being professional?
What takeaways from this week will you carry forward into your professional life to improve your professionalism and professional presence?
