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Personal and Professional Growth for Health Care Professionals blends aspects of professional development with issues related to personal development. This text includes the use of the multi-stage model of professional development: perception, judgment, motivation, prioritization, decision process, and professional implementation, as well as a discussion on the psychology of professionalism. Topics include: working and communicating across generations, impressions, interprofessional relationships, communication, and professionalism: as a student, a clinician, and at work.Personal and Professional Growth for Health Care Professionals will help students connect the ideas of professionalism to themselves with relevant case studies and discussion questions. This accessible text provides students with thoughts about personal development which they can apply as they enter the workforce. This is an excellent resource to prepare students with the non-clinical skills to begin a career in health care.FEATURES•Mind Mapping Exercises•Case Study Vignettes•Classroom Activities•Issues for Discussion•End-of-Chapter Exercises•Chapter Summaries INSTRUCTOR RESOURCES•Instructor's Manual includes supplemental questions, pre-assessments, post-assessments, teaching tips and more•22 Slides in PowerPoint format• 85 Test Bank Questions

Self-Awareness for Health Care Professionals provides ideas and models to enhance self-awareness across the soft skill spectrum—interpersonal skills, communication, social and emotional intelligence quotients, among other abilities, which enable people to appropriately navigate their social environment. Intended to arm health care professionals with the task of becoming self-aware, this robust pedagogy stimulates discussion, personal examination, and reflection.KEY FEATURES:Self-assessment tools provide readers with validated feedback on various aspects of themselvesExercises link self-reflection with career, practice, and clinical effectivenessQuestions at the end of each chapter aid in the retention of key conceptsConvenient glossary features definitions of core termsMini case studies covering real-world scenarios woven throughout the book

Developed for those in health care, law, education, architecture, and engineering, Supervision: A Professional's Perspective is a guide to supervision and management for those whose career trajectories have placed them in leadership positions they did not anticipate. This useful text provides mental models, frameworks, theories, ideas, and skills that help these professional become proficient in supervising others at a professional level.The book organizes information into four sections. Section I provides foundational information in professionalism and management overview. Section II focuses on human aspects of supervision, including how to supervise teams. Section III is devoted to organizational issues including leadership, corporate culture and politics, and change, innovation, and entrepreneurship. The final section addresses the areas of finance and accounting, marketing and customer service, operations, and law and ethics.Clear and concise, Supervision is a valuable instructional tool for those who find themselves underprepared for the management of others. The text is ideal for professional schools offering practical courses on supervision and management practice.