Components of Professionalism/Patient Safety

Description After reading the Sox article, what do you think are the essential components of Medical Professionalism? Do you feel that the responsibilities of the Medical Laboratory Scientists fit into those expectations for Medical Professionalism? How would you counsel a co-worker who you observed acting in an unprofessional manner? (1 page) – Attached SOX Article (Use as Citation) Read and respond to the following four readings: 1. Institute of Medicine report entitled To Err is Human; Executive Summary 2. Hammerling’s A Review of Medical Errors in Laboratory Diagnostics and Where We Are Today. 3. Consumer Reports (2012); How Safe Is Your Hospital? 4. Hidden Errors – A Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Watchdog report. Essay should address the laboratorians’ obligation to eliminate errors. (1 Page) –  4 articles (Use as Citation)