Title: Discussion 8
Course: HCP 0796 Patient Care Technician > Section: Module 5

Relationships, Team work, and Communications Skills

This discussion continues from your chapter 4 readings.

1. Describe a personal experience that illustrates the statement, "When you look good, you feel good."

2. Has your personal appearance ever led your being stereotyped by someone else? If so, describe how that made you feel. Have you ever stereotyped another person based on his or her appearance? If so, discuss how accurate or inaccurate your first impression turned out to be.

3. Identify five common grammar errors that you've observed and identify the correct grammar.

4. List five unprofessional habits that you have observed at work and describe how to avoid practicing these habits yourself.

5. Describe a situation that you have observed or experienced yourself that involved a lack of professional behavior after work hours. What impact did this behavior have, or could have had, on the person's professional reputation?

6. Describe a time management technique that works especially well for you and explain why.

7. Describe a personal financial management technique that works especially well for you and explain why.

8. Describe a stress management technique that works especially well for you and explain why.

9. Think back to a recent problem you faced. Describe the problem and the steps you took to resolve it. Did you use critical thinking skills? Did your approach to resolving the problem work? Why or why not? How could your approach have been more effective?

10. Think back to a time when you encountered a significant change in your life. How did you respond to the change? Did you use adaptive skills? How could your response have been more effective?