HLTHAGE 1AA3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Canadian Medical Association, Medical Error, List Of Universities In Canada
4 Mar 2013
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There are 3 distinct ways to think about professions and professionalization: Professions can be considered occupations that have certain specific characteristics or traits. Professions can be viewed as the result of processes of occupational change over time. It is possible to consider the notion of the profession as ideology. Goode (1956, 1960) thought that professions were special occupations that embodied two basic characteristics: prolonged training in a body of specialized/abstract knowledge and a service orientation. The characteristics of the medical profession in canada today are somewhat similar to those suggested by goode (page 294) The steps to becoming a professional in this perspective are as follows: The members of the occupation engage in full time work. They establish a relationship with a training/education program. The less accessible the knowledge is to a wide spectrum of the population, the greater the power of the professional group compared to the potential client group.
