Ideal Talent and Core Competencies
LIAN's Ideal Talent
- LIAN, founded by Director Kim Seo-yoon in 2014, takes its name from 'Beneficial Peace of Mind (利安)'.
'LIANThe name reflects a spirit of care that values every patient and understands each person's unique anxieties and needs. - LIAN reinterprets this for the modern era and defines its ideal future talent as the 'TLC talent'.
- 'TLC talent' is a forward-looking reinterpretation of LIAN's purpose of care — 'accurate diagnosis and treatment, empathy and listening, active practice and sharing' — and 'T, L, C' each carry the following meaning.
- TTrusted talent
T stands for Trust; Trust means trust and it implies a person who learns, designs and expands accurate diagnosis and professional knowledge on the basis of clear principles of care, giving patients Trusted talent
- LListening talent
L stands for Listen; Listen means to listen and it symbolizes the consultation culture LIAN emphasizes: a person who communicates with patients through broad empathy and reflection Listening talent
- CCaring talent
C stands for Care; a person who serves and looks after the community through education and sharing activities centered on experience and practice at the point of care practical talent
Core and detailed competencies
1. TLC talent and core competencies
- TTrusted talent
The trusted talent builds professional clinical ability, grounded in clinical inquiry and learns beyond the boundaries of care to create new knowledge, equipped with integrated care competency.
- LListening talent
The listening talent knows the effect of care on patients' lives and the value of communication, with empathic communication competency, understands a changing environment and thinks openly, with consideration and respect competency.
- CCaring talent
The caring talent empathizes with the socially vulnerable and gets along with others, with sharing in practice competency, and can communicate with the community, with community health competency.
2. Core competencies and their meaning
| Core competency | Meaning of the core competency | Detailed competencies |
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| clinical inquiry | The ability to understand the mouth, the whole body and lifestyle, learn methods of evidence-based care, and gain insight into the meaning and value of clinical knowledge |
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| integrated care | The ability to combine existing knowledge and information, apply it at the point of care, and draw up new treatment plans by recognizing links between fields |
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| empathic communication | The ability to understand and respect patients' anxieties and expectations and build trust through plain explanation and listening |
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| consideration and respect | The ability to show consideration and empathy for colleagues, adapt flexibly while working in harmony within the team, and treat problems in the care environment as one's own |
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| community health | The ability to have the awareness and service skills of a healthcare professional who communicates in the community, and to understand and proactively solve the oral health problems of diverse neighbors |
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