Interpersonal Skills



Interpersonal Skills

Introduction

Interpersonal skills play a significant role in medical profession. The patient's expectations from the medical practitioners are beyond the knowledge of medical science. For the effective medical practice, doctors are advised to develop interpersonal skills in leadership, communication, teaching, management and time management (Wagner et al, 2002). All these are instrumental tools in teaching and practicing medicines and their importance is increasing with every passing day. To develop these skills, only training will not work; an intrinsic motivation and self-initiative is also required. In this essay, a situation is dramatized, which is hypothetical in its nature. The situation ...