The IHP Model Of Health Professional

As a future health professional, it is important for me to think about my experiences with health professionals as this enables me to decide how I would like to be treated by a health professional and to treat my patients in this manner. In this essay I will be using the IHP model and an example of a past experience with a health professional to decide how I will treat my patients in the future.

The IHP (Integrated health professional) model takes three important dimensions that every health professional should have and displays them as inter-linking to form a whole health professional. The three dimensions are knowledge, empathy and reflection. When these dimensions are used in unity, a health professional can effectively treat a patient.

The knowledge dimension is about knowing the necessary information to perform your job and being able to apply this knowledge so that you can develop your skills and become even more competent as your field progresses. This is especially important since we live in an era where technology is constantly changing and multi-professionalism is increasing. A health professional needs to be using the newest methods of learning and needs to keep up-to-date with the new understandings and breakthroughs in their field. They
It involves treating the patient morally and ethically. To be empathetic, a health professional needs to understand the patient’s situation and how they are feeling. This understanding comes from the knowledge and information that the professional gained during their years of study and experience, the health professional practicing self-reflection which allows them to relate to the patient’s feelings while still acknowledging the uniqueness of the patient’s situation and by understanding the patient’s view of their situation which is achieved by listening attentively to the