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What Areas Do You Feel That You Excel In Communication

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What areas do I feel that I excel at in communication?

I feel that I excel in listening to patients/people when they are speaking. I pick up on the details well and am very good at making the other person I am communicating with feel like my full attention is on them.

What areas do I not necessarily excel at but am competent in when I communicate?

I feel that I am average in how to form follow up questions when talking with a patient. I tend to have an idea what they are trying to explain and then try to direct my questions towards that topic/problem.

What areas do I feel that I need to improve in when communication?

I feel that I need to improve on my skills when it comes to replying or sometimes cutting off the person I am communicating …show more content…

The three goals I have for myself regarding communication and documentation this semester is to:

I will work on not cutting off or interrupting someone when they have not finished their statement.

I will work on this by really focusing on waiting until they are finished speaking and pause for a few seconds before I reply.

I would like to enhance my documentation skills by working on condensing, formatting, and proper organization of material.

I will do this by getting constructive feedback on the flow of information and how well the information is organized for another person to easily understand it.

I would like to work on the phrasing of follow up questions and be able to informally come up with a plan of action for treatment.

I will work on this goal by reading other’s documentation and taking notes on how they appropriately phrase things. I will look at different types of documentation in order to expand my phrasing. As for creating a plan of action, I would like to be able to apply my knowledge that I will learn throughout the semester to accurately execute a plan for a

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