Vocación por el hacer y el ser en las profesiones del sector salud
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Corporación Universitaria Remington
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Todos en algún momento hemos escuchado que otras personas o incluso nosotros mismos utilizamos la palabra vocación, decimos que tal sacerdote tiene vocación, que ese ingeniero tiene vocación incluso utilizamos esta palabrapara designar no solo roles u oficios sino incluso rasgos del carácter, como cuando decimos que esa persona tienevocación de sumiso. La palabra vocación proviene del latín vocare o vocari que significa llamado o acción de llamar, seentiende como llamado hacia un determinado fin o destino. Ambos verbos en infinitivo se relacionan con el sustantivovox, equivalente al castellano voz. Podríamos decir entonces que la vocación es el llamado que siente cada uno a cumplir con un destino. Pero este destino lo que nos señala es el camino que vamos a seguir durante nuestra existencia.En el paso por la vida los hombres podrán realizar muchas actividades y muchos oficios pero muy pocos son realizados con vocación. La sociedad contemporánea ha privilegiado otros factores por encima del vocacional cuando se tratade elegir una ocupación, de este modo, la remuneración, la estimación social o incluso la moda, son factores más importantes cuando se trata de elegir una carrera, lamentablemente estos nos ha llevado a la proliferación de personas que se desempeñan en oficios o profesiones por los cuales no sienten la más mínima vocación, llevando esta situación a que su desempeño sea absolutamente instrumental y técnico, pero en el sector de la salud si se hace fundamental que las personas que allí laboran se desempeñen no solo con un vasto conocimiento de su profesión, sino con una inquebrantable vocación por su quehacer, en otras palabras, con un amor infinito por lo que hacen.Palabras clave: desempeño profesional, profesión, sector salud, vocación.
Everyone, at some point, has heard or used the word “vocation”; e.g., people say, “that priest has a vocation”, “that engineer has vocation”. We even use that word to denote not only roles or jobs but also character traits; as when we say “that person has a vocation of submissive”. The word vocation comes from the Latin meaning vocare or vocari, which implies action or calling; it means “call to a particular purpose or commitment ”. Both verbs in infinitive relate to substantive vox, equivalent to voice in Spanish. We could say that vocation is the call that someone feels to meet his/her destiny, which points to a path we will follow during our existence. People perform many activities and occupations during life, but very few are the result of a vocation. Contemporary society has favored other factors over vocation when it comes to choosing a job or occupation; thus, payment, esteem, or even social tendencies become the most important factors when it comes to choosing a career. Unfortunately, this has lead to the proliferation of people working in jobs or occupations for which they do not feel the slightest vocation, only performing it at an instrumental or technical level. It is essential for people working in the health care sector to not only have great knowledge of their profession but also a firm vocation; in other words, infinite love for what they do
Everyone, at some point, has heard or used the word “vocation”; e.g., people say, “that priest has a vocation”, “that engineer has vocation”. We even use that word to denote not only roles or jobs but also character traits; as when we say “that person has a vocation of submissive”. The word vocation comes from the Latin meaning vocare or vocari, which implies action or calling; it means “call to a particular purpose or commitment ”. Both verbs in infinitive relate to substantive vox, equivalent to voice in Spanish. We could say that vocation is the call that someone feels to meet his/her destiny, which points to a path we will follow during our existence. People perform many activities and occupations during life, but very few are the result of a vocation. Contemporary society has favored other factors over vocation when it comes to choosing a job or occupation; thus, payment, esteem, or even social tendencies become the most important factors when it comes to choosing a career. Unfortunately, this has lead to the proliferation of people working in jobs or occupations for which they do not feel the slightest vocation, only performing it at an instrumental or technical level. It is essential for people working in the health care sector to not only have great knowledge of their profession but also a firm vocation; in other words, infinite love for what they do
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Desempeño profesional, Profesión, Sector salud, Calling, Health care sector, Professional performance, Profession