Our professional activity is constantly under pressure from a multitude of elements and factors that can be classified into the four components of the VUCA phenomenon—volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity—components that define the turbulence and challenges of the external environment. Considering the general elements of this phenomenon, we designed a new VUCA dimension specific to the healthcare field within which we have identified and analyzed all the factors that can influence the main actors of the doctor–patient relationship and the effects that can occur within the healthcare system in which this relationship is born. In this context, we generated the VUCA treatment in healthcare capable of mitigating the impact of this phenomenon; this treatment involves essential elements in overcoming possible crises and vulnerabilities of the medical profession. The VUCA treatment in healthcare requires combating volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity through vision, understanding, clarity, and agility, which are grounded in the doctor’s need to acquire cross-functional competencies (soft skills). These competencies are applicable by using functional mechanisms and techniques that support the doctor in developing adaptability and anticipation skills, understanding the patient’s needs and addressing them, and ensuring the functionality and efficiency of the healthcare system by transferring these elements from micro-management to macro-management levels.
Oral health is situated within the framework of the global health agenda, addressing facets pertaining to well-being and quality of life. The research is based on the need to address variables at the community level to improve schoolchildren’s oral health and promote healthy behaviors and aims to carry out an in-depth analysis from the perspective of the factors that influence children’s oral health. Step 1, designed by the World Health Organization, was utilized. An easy-to-use web interface was created for data collection. The statistical analysis consisted of using multinomial and binominal logistic regression models. The level of education of the adult has a high probability of influencing the consumption of unhealthy or healthy foods, it has a significant probability of exerting influence on social or medical problems and a correlation was found between the level of academic education and the pattern of dental visits. The development of health-promoting behaviors begins in childhood and involves parents, who have an essential role in the education of their children. Oral health promotion programs in schools need to target the child–adult–teacher–dentist relationships. Taking into consideration the aforementioned, a threefold viewpoint is necessary for the development of a national program aimed at promoting the oral health of schoolchildren in Romania.
Background/Objectives: Early residency is not only about building clinical knowledge. It also involves learning how to communicate, collaborate, and regulate one’s behavior throughout real-world pressure—skills that shape teamwork and everyday patient encounters. Describing the behavioral profiles of early-career physicians can therefore be useful for mapping strengths and developmental needs in training. Methods: A cross-sectional exploratory study was conducted between May and June 2023 among 83 medical residents from a major Romanian training centre. Participants completed the Harrison Assessment, which yields trait-level scores relevant to workplace functioning. Individual traits were summarized, and complementary characteristics were examined as trait pairs, using a balance/imbalance classification to describe configuration-level profiles. Results: Across five of the six trait pairs, non-balanced configurations represented 60.24–65.06% of the cohort; Delegation showed a larger balanced group (55.42%). These distributions describe heterogeneity within the participating cohort at one time point and do not establish developmental sequence, competence, or clinical consequence. Conclusions: Configuration-level profiling may offer a descriptive way to examine how complementary behavioral tendencies co-occur. Replication, population-specific psychometric evaluation, longitudinal follow-up, and validation against external outcomes are required before educational or clinical utility can be inferred.