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Understanding The Vocation Of Health Professionals, Laura Hey, Kate Nowakowski
Understanding The Vocation Of Health Professionals, Laura Hey, Kate Nowakowski
Honors Theses, 1963-2015
This project seeks to determine if and how physicians and dentists understand their work as a vocation or calling. In order to accomplish this, we interviewed dentists and physicians who were at different points in their careers and analyzed the data in comparison with theological sources on vocation. Dentists defined their vocation in broad terms, saying that it was more than their work. Physicians, on the other hand, see their vocation to mean the work that they do as a physician. Both groups found the most fulfillment in their careers when they feel a sense of joy and excitement, when …