Performance Standard: Interpersonal Behavioral and Social Skills

Interpersonal abilities sufficient to interact with individuals, families, and groups from a variety of social, emotional, cultural, and intellectual backgrounds.

Examples:

• Establish rapport with patients, families, and colleagues.
• Allow mature, sensitive, and effective relationships with patients and fellow workers (interpersonal skills).
• Tolerate physically taxing workload.
• Function effectively under stress.
• Adapt to changing environments (flexible schedules, emergency conditions).
• Display compassion, professionalism, empathy, integrity, concern for others, and interest and motivation.