Sub: Issues related to future professionalism
It is well comprehended that the health care sector can reap the real benefits only through displaying future professionalism with due considerations to the relationship between patients and the healthcare practitioners or providers. But in the present state there appears lot of limitations in attaining the objectives of providing quality service and developing future professionalism in health care. I would like to bring to your kind attention various issues that are believed to be affecting the development of “medical professionalism” in the sector (Walsh and Abelson, 2008, p. 554). The issues include,
- Lack of proper bond between patient and the medical practitioner
- Affecting the quality of healthcare and associated services
- Apathy towards the patients’ problems and concerns
- Absence of proper communication
- Issues and problems of the patient not given due importance
These issues if not properly addressed in time, might create undue or unexpected consequences to the healthcare sector. Some of the practical solutions for resolving the issues include, creating some form of regulations right from the selection stages that might prove appropriate in taking mostly passionate and service oriented individuals for this profession. I feel that these issues can also be resolved through providing opportunity for developing proper rapport among patient and the medical practitioners and other supporting staff (Passi et al, 2010). Developing appropriate communication networks between the patients, healthcare professionals and support staff might ease the congestion to certain extent.
Kindly consider these aspects and take appropriate action for resolving the issues as soon as possible and such forward looking steps could enable us to improve the services of the health care sector considerably. Such initiatives would be beneficial to the society as a whole.
Sincerely,
(Name and Address)
References
Walsh, C. and Abelson, H. T., 2008. Medical Professionalism: Crossing a generational divide. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 51 (4): 554 – 564. Available at: http://medprof.bjmu.edu.cn/xsqy/41_PerspectiveBiolMed-p554-647.pdf [Accessed 3 April 2013].
