Professionalism In Physical Therapy: Core Values

The questionnaire, Professionalism in Physical Therapy: Core Values, evaluates several values such as accountability, altruism, compassion/caring, excellence, integrity, professional duty, and social responsibility. Before taking this questionnaire, I thought of myself as being rated very highly in many of these categories. After careful evaluation, individually and with a partner, I lowered some of the core values rating of myself, while confirming the high rating of myself in other areas.
When trying to incorporate core values into one’s life, professional duty and social responsibility must be actively pursued. These values will just not passively find their way into my life. Before doing the questionnaire, I thought that I had at least

When I came across the altruistic core value, I thought to myself that “of course I am an altruistic person and put the needs of other first.” After analyzing the questions on more than a superficial level, it came upon me that I had not really done anything to prove my altruistic believe of myself in a physical therapy setting. Many of the questions within the category have to do with what a currently practicing physical therapist do, so I could only answer the questions in what I aspire to become. While I would like to think, I would put the patient’s needs first in every single situation as a physical therapist, at this stage in my education I can only make assumptions and believes that I will practice altruistically. This lead me to change my score on the altruistic core value of the questionnaire. While applying the Affective Domain of Blooms Taxonomy of Learning to the altruistic value, I had difficult in placing myself in a certain domain, due to the above stated reasons. When I become a practicing physical therapist I would like to fall within the highest level, which is internalizing values. I feel that is important to internalize the value of altruism as a health care practitioner. A healthcare provider need to always be advocating for the patient and have the patient’s interest in front of their own self-interest. In order to enhance my altruistic potential as a future physical therapy, I plan on always keep my own self interests in check and actively pursue opportunities to aid