How to Develop Your Healthcare Career E-Book

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Serie: HOW - How To
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 311

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2016

Beschreibung

• An informative guide to all key aspects of employability for graduating students, educators, managers, and qualified healthcare professionals.
• Written specifically for health professionals, focusing on their needs and the challenges they face, maximising employability potential, and managing career progression.
• Packed full of potential interview questions, reflection opportunities, and case studies throughout
• Includes chapter on Professionalism, Continuing Professional Development (CPD), and Leadership

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page

Contributors

Foreword

Preface

What is employability?

Who should read this book?

Why read this book?

How to use this book

Chapter 1: What is employability and what does it mean for you?

Introduction

What does the literature say on employability and how it has evolved?

Towards a common language of employability

Models of employability

Personal responsibility for employability

External influences on employability

Response to changing expectations within the workplace and personal circumstances

How is employability approached within education?

Maximising your own employability potential

What do employers want from graduates?

Healthcare employability

Evidencing your employability

Conclusions

References

Chapter 2: Career planning and management

Introduction – Aims of this chapter

What do we mean by ‘Career’?

Factors that influence our career

Making good career decisions

Possible causes of career change

In summary: What do we know? How can this help in considering future chapters?

References

Chapter 3: Professionalism

What is a profession?

Why is professional identity important?

Learning professionalism

Summary

References

Chapter 4: Continuing professional development (CPD)

Introduction

Objectives

The terminology of CPD

A definition of CPD

Motivations to engage with CPD

The precursors of effective CPD

Types of CPD: What counts as CPD?

Ensuring that different types of CPD are recorded