Healthcare Education: Live Long and Prosper

Yes, I am a Star Trek fan. One of my favorite presentation topics is to outline the difference in the leadership styles of Kirk and Packard. Fascinating! 

But it is Mr. Spock who is my most beloved Star Trek character. He embraces his uniqueness and the constant changes of his environment with calm action and logical thought processes.  Oh how I envy that:  Reaction void of emotion – now that is a skill worth learning.

“Change is the essential process of all existence.”
       --SPOCK

In healthcare, change is not only a given --- it is a constant. As a healthcare education provider, Inquisit strives to keep up with the changes so we can assist you in navigating the vast galaxy of healthcare regulations and reform now in 2013 and in the future.

Change in healthcare today is like seeking out new life forms.  Star Trek has explored an ever-expanding definition of "life." Today, healthcare will explore the ever-expanding definition of caring for life… or health. Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, had a vision for the future of peace, tolerance and wellbeing for all.  Does Obamacare have the same vision?


Some people are turned off by Spock's robotic indifference but I AM inspired by his reliance on reason. Always peddling the use of logic, he is truly the brains of the Enterprise. His example has influenced my personal valuation of critical thinking. Critical thinking is a tool that I use to reach conclusions based on a reasoned process. This process incorporates passion and creativity but guides it with discipline, practicality and common sense.  Critical thinking is knowing your point of view and your reasons for supporting this point of view. It is asking why do you think that and are there different perspectives on the issue?  As we go where no one has gone before in the world of healthcare, do we have the facts needed to cement our own point of view?  Is the one word that anchors our point of view confidence or consequences? 

“Insufficient facts always invite danger.”
       -SPOCK

“The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one” is the philosophy that sums up Spock’s experience.  There are usually so many problems that you could solve but the key is solving the problems that yield the most value to the most people. Anyone thinking healthcare?

“Fascinating!”
       -- SPOCK (Right eye-brow raised!) 

 

Wherever healthcare takes us in 2014, rational critical thinking processes by humans (and some people who act like aliens) is clearly needed. Open mindedness, healthy debate and remembering that the team on deck is more important than any single crew member, will help us find our way out of the black hole and back to earth.

As for me – one to beam up, Scotty!