The demand for enterprise systems skills is increasing persistent enterprise systems skill shortages. One explanation for the skills shortages is the gap between enterprise systems curricula in higher education institutions and the competencies expected from graduates by industry. A contemporary South African study identified interpersonal and business process competencies as key skills require...

BACKGROUND/RATIONALE Many interpersonal labor disputes stem from the lack of communication skills and the relational problems in the interactions between health professionals. AIMS/METHODS A qualitative study was conducted in a Spanish hospital in order to get to know how the communicative interaction between hospital nurses is like in relation to the nurses' interpersonal interaction and com...

OBJECTIVES To develop and implement a pediatric clinical skills assessment (PCSA) for residents, using children as standardized patients (SPs); to assess the psychometric adequacy of the PCSA and use it to evaluate the performance of residents; and to evaluate the feasibility of using child SPs and the response of the residents and the child SPs to participation in the PCSA. METHODS Ten 22-mi...

BACKGROUND Maternal depression and contextual risks (e.g. poverty) are known to impact children's cognitive and social functioning. However, few published studies have examined how stress in the social environment (i.e. interpersonal stress) might developmentally inter-relate with maternal depression and contextual risks to negatively affect a child in these domains. This was the purpose of the...

Background: How do adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) perceive their interpersonal skills and are these “self-efficacy perceptions” accurate? And how do they perceive that their parents perceive their interpersonal skills and are these “metaperceptions” accurate? Method: We used the Circumplex Scales of Interpersonal Efficacy to assess self-perceptions and parent-perceptions of the...

The non-technical skills of situational awareness and the formation of effective interpersonal relationships are essential to enhance surgical outcomes. However, most scrub practitioners demonstrate only tacit awareness of these skills and develop such qualities on an informal basis. Application of non-technical skills may be assessed formally, using a structured framework, to transform normati...

There are several essential qualities required for success as a chair of surgery. These include determination and resilience, thoughtful planning, superb organization skills, a balance of hard (accounting, management and finance) and soft skills (interpersonal including faculty development), and careful execution is absolutely essential as is a commitment to maintaining momentum.

This article describes the development of four assessment tools designed to evaluate the communication skills training (CST) programme at the International Medical University (IMU). The tools measure pre-clinical students' 1) perceived competency in basic interpersonal skills, 2) attitude towards patient-centred communication, 3) conceptual knowledge on doctor-patient communication, and 4) acce...

Several years ago postgraduate training in general practice received a complete overhaul and the examination now consists of a written exam called the Applied Knowledge Test (AKT) and a Clinical Skills Examination (CSA). The CSA is an OSCE type exam where students deal with a series of clinical scenarios and are assessed in three key areas; data gathering, clinical management and interpersonal ...