Essential Function: Communication

The ability to communicate effectively in English using verbal, non-verbal, and written formats with faculty, other students, patients, families, and other members of the healthcare team.

Examples:

• Read patient charts, medication labels, clinical documentation, physician orders, legal forms, e-mail.
• Produce written communication with healthcare team, including physicians, dispatchers, supervisors, patients (may be done via charts, pre-hospital care forms, and/or narratives).
• Communicate verbally with healthcare team members, including physicians, dispatchers, supervisors, patients (may be done in person, via telephone, and/or via two-way radio).