Professionalism

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Professionalism

• Prof. Wasantha Gunathunga
• Course unit Advisor, professionalism

18th June 2013
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• What is a profession and what is professionalism

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• The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines
  professionalism as "the conduct, aims, or
  qualities that characterize or mark a profession
  or a professional person" and it defines a
  profession as "a calling requiring specialized
  knowledge and often long and intensive academic
  preparation.
• http//www.mindtools.com/pages/article/professiona
  lism.htm

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• Not all business areas have a stable core of
  knowledge (and the academic qualifications that
  go with this) not all areas demand extensive
  knowledge to practice successfully and not all
  professionals have top degrees in their field.
• Eg. Dr. Pubilis Silva of Mount Lavinia Hotel

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• What matters, though, is that these professionals
  have worked in a serious, thoughtful and
  sustained way to master the specialized knowledge
  needed to succeed in their fields and that they
  keep this knowledge up-to-date, so that they can
  continue to deliver the best work possible

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Examples

• Prof. Ediriweera Sarathchandra
• Luxman Kadiragamar
• Dr. Pabilis Silva
• Gotabhaya Rajapaksha
• Who are your examples and why?

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Some attributes of prefessionalism

• Specialized knowledge.-
• Competency.
• Honesty and integrity.
• Respect.
• Accountability.
• Self-regulation.
• Image.

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Emotional intelligence

• Emotional intelligence is the ability to
  recognize your emotions, understand what they're
  telling you, and realize how your emotions affect
  people around you. Emotional intelligence also
  involves your perception of others when you
  understand how they feel, this allows you to
  manage relationships more effectively.
• http//www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newCDV_59.h
  tm

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Body-mind- consciousness the foundation of all
soft skills
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• Nerves System
• Mental Function
• Speech
• Cranial nerves
• Sensory System
• Motor System
• Reflexes
• Gait
• Skull
• Spine
• Meninges

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Mental Functions

• Thinking
• Feeling
• Perceiving
• Willing
• Remembering

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From Review of Medical Physiology by Ganong
Nervous System

• Neuro-physiology

Mental Functions
Learning Implicit memory Explicit
memory Processing of information from senses
Coding of information
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• information from senses.processed in a way not
  yet fully understood
• Ganong RMP 22nd ed. P.271

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• Other approaches
• Meditation methods
• TM Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
• Mindfulness Jon Kabat Zinn, Prof. emeritus of
  medicine, uni of Massachusetts, USA

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• some useful outcomes of contemplative
  neuro-scientific Qualitative research in the past

A Living being has three components Body, mind,
consciousness
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• Body Mind, consciousness

Mental functions involves mind and consciousness
Mental Functions
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Body, mind and consciousness an analogy
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Thinking
Body
Mind
consciousness

• Feeling
• Perceiving

Attachment Conflict
willing
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• Contemplative Science

Feeling, Perceiving, Willing
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Point where contemplation is applied
Body
Mind
consciousness

• Feeling
• Perceiving

Attachment Conflict
willing
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Developing dual vision eye
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Watching the dynamic mind

• and not stopping
• Let the mind be dynamic
• Need to keep the body static

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Contemplating on body

• With 25 identified parts of the body

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25 parts of the body for scanning

• Head, forehead, right eye, nose, left eye, right
  cheek, left cheek, mouth, chin, neck, (10)
• chest upper, chest lower, abdomen upper, abdomen
  middle, abdomen lower, (5)
• r. thigh, r. knee, r. shin, r. foot. r. toes, (5)
• left thigh, l. knee, l. shin, l. foot, l. toes.
  (5)

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Stopping at feeling and perceiving

• Body pains
• Sounds
• Thoughts

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Activity

• Trial journey

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Contemplating on pain

• Watching pain as separate

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Automatic

• Seeing how mind works
• seeing pain, thoughts, and body as separate

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Clinical application
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Body
Mind
consciousness
pain

• Feeling
• Perceiving

Pain
Attachment Conflict
willing
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Body
Mind
consciousness
Depressive thoughts

• Feeling
• Perceiving

Attachment Conflict
willing
OCD
hallucinations
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• Enormous health and clinical opportunities
• For relief and cure

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• Thank you