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II. Professional Skills
a. Ethical Responsibility to Self and Others: Behaves in an honest and ethical
manner; cultivates personal and academic integrity; adheres to ethical principles
and follows rules and procedures; resists peer pressure to engage in unethical
behavior and demonstrates ethical and moral reasoning.
b. Capacity for Improvement: Sets goals for continuous improvement and for
learning new concepts and skills; engages in reflective practice for improvement;
solicits and responds appropriately to feedback.
c. Reliability and Dependability: Consistently fulfils obligations in a timely and
satisfactory manner; takes responsibility for personal actions and performance.
d. Teamwork: Works collaboratively with others to achieve shared College goals;
shares information and knowledge with others and provides feedback as per
different courses’ needs; puts team goals ahead of individual goals.
e. Human Behavior: Applies knowledge of the self, others, and social systems to
solve problems related to the psychological, socio-cultural, and biological factors
that influence health and well-being.
III. Personal development skills
a. Critical Thinking: Uses logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and
weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
b. Quantitative Reasoning: Applies quantitative reasoning and appropriate
mathematics to describe or explain phenomena in the natural world.
c. Scientific Inquiry: Applies knowledge of the scientific process to synthesize
information, solve problems and formulate research questions and hypotheses.
IV. Responsibility
a. Professional usage of language, and appearance in the presence of patients, in the
classroom, and in health care settings.
b. Setting patient care as the highest priority in the clinical setting.
c. Recognition of your own limitations and seeking help when your level of
experience is inadequate to handle a situation on your own.
d. Not using alcohol, smoking or recreational drugs in any way.
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