By Luis Truchado / Partner of EuroGalenus and co-founder of GalenusJobs
Originally published on ConSalud.es
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We have ingrained in our subconscious the image of doctors with a phonendo, apothecaries with a pestle and mortar, and nurses with a pestle and pestle. doctors with a phonendo, apothecaries with a mortar and pestle, and nurses with a syringe. with a syringe. All this, together with patient contact, gives us a very physical image of the health sector. very physical image of the health sector, very much surrounded by specialised objects. objects.
However, since the end of the last century, scientific and social developments in the Health and Life Sciences sector have brought about a radical change in the way health information is acquired and processed to obtain specialised knowledge, which, in turn, can be reprocessed to provide even more specialised knowledge, and so on and so forth.
Este período es ampliamente reconocido como Era del Conocimiento, para diferenciarlo de la anterior Era Industrial. En este nuevo modelo, ese conocimiento elaborado y enriquecido con nuevas ideas es lo que supone la principal fuente de crecimiento económico. Los sectores primarios y los industriales pierden terreno al ser más mecanizables o robotizables y aportan menos valor. Sin embargo, la economía del Conocimiento origina nuevas prácticas empresariales, nuevos modelos de productividad y, como resultado, se requieren nuevos tipos de trabajadores, con habilidades y competencias profesionales diferentes.
I like the definitions of knowledge as a form of ‘energy’, within a multilateral system of networks and flows, produced by temporary groupings of people with complementary expertise collaborating for a specific purpose. In a sector as innovation-driven as Health and Life Sciences, this happens spontaneously.
Knowledge workers need to know that specific purpose in order to be able to add value specific purpose in order to be able to add value and thus to create new knowledge with productivity. And that productivity is defined in terms of the quality of the result, not so much the quantity. not so much the quantity. We need autonomy to develop our responsibility, and we also need to locate and evaluate new information quickly, communicate with others quickly, communicate with others and work productively in a collaborative model.
Modern professional competencies must include adaptability, creativity and continuous innovation; making our contribution, -usually micro- within the ‘big picture’. We have to organise and learn by ourselves, often without the help of external authorities and/or rule systems.
This radically changes the teaching model, especially at postgraduate level, in order to make it easier for students to to make it easier for students to do things differently and to develop different skills from those required in the past. develop different skills from those required in the past: a new mindset of lifelong learning. new mindset of lifelong learning.
Fortunately, technology has provided the healthcare sector with a host of tools for accessing and sharing information, allowing us to telework effectively, from the internet, email, databases, to the cloud, chatbots, AI, blockchain, or 3D printing.
To give three examples, this past week we have seen this in several companies that have emptied their head offices to implement teleworking models: the activity of the GalenusJobs portal with sector-specific job offers continues uninterrupted. The editors of the various publications of the Mediforum group continue to be able to inform and communicate all the latest news in the sector. And EuroGalenus‘ prospecting, identification, validation and interviewing of candidates continues to be carried out by video-interviewing with every guarantee.
When confinement ends we will all have to do a lot of face-to-face interviews and meetings, but in the meantime let’s take advantage of the tremendous opportunities that teleworking offers. #yomequedoencasa
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