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By no later than the year 1675, the term had seen secular application and was applied to the three learned professions: divinity, law, and medicine. [2] The term professionalism was also used for the military profession around this same time. Professionals and those working in acknowledged professions exercise specialist knowledge and skill.
The term "profession" is a truncation of the term "liberal profession", which is, in turn, an Anglicization of the French term profession libérale.Originally borrowed by English users in the 19th century, it has been re-borrowed by international users from the late 20th, though the (upper-middle) class overtones of the term do not seem to survive re-translation: "liberal professions" are ...
Professional standards of practice and ethics for a particular field are typically agreed upon and maintained through widely recognized professional associations, such as the IEEE. [2] Some definitions of "professional" limit this term to those professions that serve some important aspect of public interest [3] and the general good of society ...
Professionalization tends to result in establishing acceptable qualifications, one or more professional associations to recommend best practice and to oversee the conduct of members of the profession, and some degree of demarcation of the qualified from unqualified amateurs (that is, professional certification).
A professional doctoral degree for allopathic Physicians Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine: ND, NMD A professional doctoral degree for naturopathic Physicians Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice: DNAP A professional doctoral degree for Nurse Anesthetists Doctor of Nursing Practice: DNP A professional doctoral degree for Nurse Practitioners
Professional responsibility is defined by professional accepted standards of personal behaviour, moral values, and personal guiding principles. [16] Codes for professional responsibility may be established by professional bodies or organizations to guide members in performing functions to a consistent ethical set of principles. [17]
Researchers have found that a desire for quality (rather than profits) is associated with professional identification. [6] Organizations tend to be concerned with efficiency and profitability, whereas professions care mainly about providing the highest-quality service (as defined by the professions), almost regardless of cost or revenue considerations (Freidson, 2001).
The concept of professional courtesy is believed to have originated within the ancient practice of medicine whereby physicians provided services to other physicians without charge. However, the philosophy does not necessarily involve the same courtesy across all professions, nor is professional courtesy a mandated privilege, but is freely given ...