Several non-physician respondents thought that physicians were more skeptical of survey data than other staff, but in general skepticism was viewed as a personality rather than a generic professional issue.
Just as iTunes unbundled songs from a CD, the digital revolution enables a university degree to be disaggregated into its component parts – vocational knowledge, generic professional skills, deep discipline knowledge, practical training, evidence of achievement, networking opportunities and student lifestyle.
In a previous research, we addressed the first module pertaining to career readiness that equip learners with generic professional habbit (AbuKhousa and Atif 2014).
This is because industry-needs require both generic professional dispositions and specific domain knowledge, which are usually remote from the ones acquired in formal education.
It identified several curriculum items relating to end of life care, however these were mostly generic professional competencies.
The outcome is well described by the term 'activist professional' (Narayan R: pers. comm)., who researches, teaches, works or advocates towards 'health for all' by using their generic professional skills and competencies.
Higher education management training including efficient enrollment, monitoring and reporting procedures, identification of grant and fellowship opportunities for students and staff, generic professional skills training, and counseling and support services.
Learning by doing and reflecting: in addition to specific research skills that had been learnt by doing research such as piloting research tools, budgeting and statistical methods, learners also acquired generic professional skills such as building and motivating teams, and time management.
The findings suggest a need to raise awareness regarding the potential health consequences of adulterated drug usage, not only in harm reduction services but also among generic health professionals who may come into contact with steroid users.
Mistake: Making general, generic contact with media professionals.
