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Health Professionals - Roles, Responsibilities AND Where WE WORK
Foundations of Allied Health Professional Practice (RH1004:03)
James Cook University
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Health Professionals - ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND WHERE WE WORK
Professional Roles Healthcare professionals have specific roles in each patient situation.
What is a profession? - specialised knowledge; academic preparation; university qualification
Healthcare Providers Doctors of General Practitioner Medical Specialist Dentists Dental Hygienist Nurses Pharmacists Medical Technicians Paramedics OT or PT assistant AHPs
Roles and Responsibilities in Healthcare Practice Each health profession has their own: - jargon - culture - way of doing things During interprofessional collaborative practice, we need to accommodate each other and work together for the betterment of the patient
Barriers to Roles and Responsibilities in Healthcare Practice
- Power Imbalances – professionals may be reluctant to agree/participate if there is an imbalance between team members.
- Strict adherence to professional autonomy – if an AHP functions only in their ‘silo’, elements like cooperation and collaboration are restricted.
- Overlapping responsibilities – may cause confusion and miscommunication.
Self-Reflection Skills Skills needed for successful self-reflection:
- Awareness – conscious of oneself.
- Description – ability to state the characteristics of something in a non-judgmental manner
- Critical Analysis – ability to examine the components, internal structure and interactions of a whole to understand it.
- Synthesis – ability to form a single coherent idea out of several different elements.
- Evaluation – ability to pass judgement over something using a set criteria or standard.
- Action or Intervention – ability to decide where and how to take action, once a new
perspective has been developed through self-reflection
Who are Allied Heath Professionals? Australian Government (Medicare rebate)
- Aboriginal Health Workers, Audiologists, Chiropractors, Diabetes Educators, Dieticians, Exercise Physiologists, Mental Health workers, Occupational Therapists, Osteopaths, Physiotherapists, Podiatrists, Psychologists and Speech Pathologists.
Allied Health Professions Australia (AHPA) ◦ the national peak body for major health professions and their representative bodies, other than medical practitioners, nurses and unions. ahpa.com/allied-health-professions/
Collective term
- Defined by what we are not (i. doctors and nurses) rather than by what we are
Key Attributes of AHPs The 5 key attributes of allied health professionals include: - The possession of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics relating to a specific health service discipline - The capacity to provide quality health care / health related care such as direct treatment, assessment, primary health care, community care, health promotion - A sense of professional, community and environmental responsibilities - The capacity to work collaboratively with other health care providers - The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner
Occupational Therapy Primary contact practitioners Approach to treatment focuses on the client in their environment and their role in society: their various ‘occupations’ Promote independence in everyday activities Focus on fine motor skills Work in physical and mental health domains Work in teams with other AHPs / hospitals / industry / private practice
Health Care Primary Health Care - Health care that is provided outside of the hospital sector to individuals and families in their own homes or in the community. Secondary Health Care - Care that requires admission to hospital, rather than provided in the community. Tertiary Health Care - Hospital care in a specialised, regional centre, e. specialising in cardiac surgery or
Health Professionals - Roles, Responsibilities AND Where WE WORK
Course: Foundations of Allied Health Professional Practice (RH1004:03)
University: James Cook University
