In this episode, we explore the importance of professionalism within healthcare. I’m delighted to be joined by Fiona Campbell from the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) to talk all about what us students should be doing to ensure we stay professional, as well as covering who the HCPC are and what they do. We will talk about appropriate social media use, how to conduct ourselves in and out of university and how to prepare for life as a qualified Health Professional. Fiona is a qualified Speech and Language Therapist and worked extensively in NHS Scotland, before moving into Higher Education as a Lecturer in Speech and Language Therapy at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. She now works at the HCPC as a Professional Liaison Consultant for Scotland. Fiona has a career interest in supporting conversations about developing and embedding professionalism and reflective skills in everyday practice. She strongly believes that conversations about professional practice need to happen across career journeys in order to grow as safe, effective and supported practitioners.Show Notes:Fiona’s Socials:Twitter: @FionaC_HCPC @The_HCPCHCPC competition: https://www.hcpc-uk.org/students/enter-our-student-competition/HCPC student HUB: https://www.hcpc-uk.org/students/ HCPC report “Preventing Small Problems Becoming Big Problems in Health and Care” https://www.hcpc-uk.org/resources/reports/2015/preventing-small-problems-from-becoming-big-problems-in-health-and-care/ HCPC research report on professionalism https://www.hcpc-uk.org/resources/reports/2011/professionalism-in-healthcare-professionals/ HCPC current social media guidance: https://www.hcpc-uk.org/globalassets/resources/guidance/guidance-on-social-media.pdf HCPC Social media guidance (from 01 September 2024): https://www.hcpc-uk.org.uk/globalassets/standards/standard-of-conduct-performance-and-ethics/revised-standards-2023/revised-guidance-on-social-media.pdf Standards of Proficiency: https://www.hcpc-uk.org/standards/standards-of-proficiency/Standards of conduct, performance and ethics: https://www.hcpc-uk.org/standards/standards-of-conduct-performance-and-ethics/#:~:text=The%20standards%201%201.%20Promote%20and%20protect%20the,Be%20open%20when%20things%20go%20wrong%20More%20items Revised standards of conduct, performance and ethics (from 01 September 2024) : https://www.hcpc-uk.org/standards/standards-of-conduct-performance-and-ethics/revised-standards/ Standards of Continuing Professional Development: https://www.hcpc-uk.org/standards/standards-of-continuing-professional-development/
