This paper offers the non-subject specialist an overview of the literature which has influenced the development of listening and interpersonal skills in UK higher education. It refers to articles, seminal texts and writers within the field. In order to provide some context, the first section of the review covers some issues relating to the definition of listening and interpersonal skills and so...

This paper aims to incorporate the diffusion of innovation theory and conformity theory to explain consumers’ green purchase intentions. To this end, a conceptual model has been proposed and subjected to empirical verification with the use of a survey method. Using a sample of Taiwanese consumers who had the actual purchase experience of green detergents, this study employed structural equation...

competence in medicine is, "the habitual and judicious use of communication, knowledge, technical skills, clinical reasoning, emotions, values, and reflection in daily practice for the benefit of the individuals and communities being served." The practice of medicine takes place in a social context, requiring the physician to have strong interpersonal skills to interact effectively with patient...

purpose: to investigate the factors affecting communicational skills of regimental commanders toward conscripts at an army introductory military training center in tehran. materials and methods: the participants were 82 regimental commanders of the regiments and battalions of an introductory military training center. a 21-item questionnaire was used to collect the required data. descriptive and...

Each year medical school admissions officers try to identify the best, brightest and most suitable candidates from among the 37,000 who are competing for approximately 17,000 available slots. In so doing, these officers and their designees must determine whether applicants fit not only with the missions and priorities of their respective programs and institutions but also with the values and go...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to obtain a list of desirable skills and attributes of prospective educational programme directors as judged by potential employers of future directors. DESIGN An international mail survey was conducted worldwide, using a one-page, open-ended questionnaire. SETTING University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. SUBJECTS Deans, department heads and chief e...

communication skills play a paramount role in clinical practice. in every clinical setting, medical doctors need to interview their patients efficiently and be persuasive toward their health issues. this study aimed at assessing the attitudes of medical students toward learning communication skills at hormozgan university of medical sciences in iran. in this cross-sectional study, the questionn...

Qualitative research methodology was used to explore the purpose of level I fieldwork among occupational therapy students, clinical educators, and faculty respondents at one academic program. Differences in purposes among the three groups of respondents created different fieldwork expectations and outcomes. These differences underlined the importance of communication among students, clinical su...

OBJECTIVE Recent studies have recognised that the communication skills learned in the training environment are not always transferred back into the clinical setting. This paper reports a study which investigated the potential of clinical supervision in enhancing the transfer process. METHODS A randomised controlled trial was conducted involving 61 clinical nurse specialists. All attended a 3-...