Are You the Consummate Professional?
By Mary Pat Whaley, FACMPE

NOTE: Mary Pat Whaley will be one of our speakers at the 2004 NCMGM Fall Conference.  Mary Pat will be presenting the "MGMA Washington Update" in the morning of Friday, May 7th.

The word “professional” seems to be one that is widely used, and possibly widely misused.  It’s one of those words that everybody knows what it means, but most people might have a hard time putting a definition to.  (Kind of like the word “ironic.”)

The American College of Medical College Executives uses the word “professional” as part of the Body of Knowledge’s Performance Domain Eight – Professional Responsibility.  Other buzzwords in the domain include “ethics, excellence, information overload and stress management, network, mentoring, contributions and community service.”

What does professional mean to you?  Do you consider yourself a professional, and do you purport yourself professionally?  How does one become a professional?  What do you do next once you believe you are a professional?  And how in the world does one become the consummate professional?

These and other questions will be posed and addressed at the College Breakfast on Friday, September 24, 2004 at 7:00 a.m. at the North Carolina Medical Group Manager’s 2004 Fall Conference at the Grandover Resort in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Please join me as ACMPE Nominees, Certified Members, Fellows and other parties interested in Professional Responsibility gather to eat breakfast and unravel this puzzling, yet fascinating domain!

Thank you to our 2004 Alliance Sponsors.  Click on the sponsors' name to visit their web site:

Platinum Level
Medical Mutual

Silver Level
RSM McGladrey

Bronze Level
Applied Medical Systems
Archivus
C&S Research Corporation
Digital Sales and Service
Dixon Hughes, PLLC
Gotham Images Inc.
Grant & Grant, LLC
Heathcare Enterprises
MAG Mutual Insurance
Marshall Erdman & Associates