Is professional reading an essential component of self-amelioration? In any case, one needs to consider the various aspects of their profession and determine whether they need to additionally advance their comprehension and augment their potential in their profession. Professional reading characterizes our understanding and also our perspectives and logic. Individuals who continually procure innovative knowledge and understanding of everchanging and progressing technological innovations prominently emerge themselves superiorly, contrary to those who don’t. The continuing advancement of knowledge further enables our understanding, changing the manner in which we act, not simply relying exclusively on experience alone. “Information is Power” and to that note, the individuals who reliably endeavor to improve themselves and further potentiate their positional standpoint will most likely supersede leaders who are dormant and stagnant. This is perceptibly observed, even among the ranks within such systems as the “up-or-out” promotional model in the military.

Professional reading is a method for advancing a person’s outlook, which will never be obsolete at any point in the near future. Be it as it may, there are numerous and unprecedented instruments available, enabling a boundless access to information and a multitude of versatile innovative technologies to disperse data. One digital alternative, that I utilize frequently is the “speak selection option” on my iPhone, that reads aloud any content that I choose. This enables me to carry out other functions and tasks while simultaneously listening to the content being read aloud. This aides with multitasking and is occasionally an effective approach for time-management.

I have recently had to read a publication for continuing education purposes from the Institute of Medicine otherwise known as the National Academy of Medicine. This reading material outlines the manner to which healthcare systems are designed and required to operate. Moreover, stipulating the methods to how healthcare personnel are to be educated insomuch a way as to provide patient-center care as a collaborative interdisciplinary team accentuating evidence-based practice, quality improvement methods, and informatics.

-CDT Hall