10 Soft Skills For Successful Doctors

Soft skills are essential for successful medical career; through this video are going to share with you 10 essential soft skills for a successful doctor:

1- Communication Skills: Listen actively to your patient, be confident, communicate verbally and non-verbally and pay attention to the details.

2- Leadership: Involve your team members, motivate them, appreciate their efforts and have a positive attitude.

3- Emotional Intelligence: Be aware of your feelings, show empathy, praise your team members, and apologize when you make a mistake.

4- Decision Making: Identify critical factors that may cause harm for your patients or your business, rely on data and insights, anticipate outcomes, recognize bias, make your decision and evaluate it.

5- Problem Solving: Define the problem, explore solutions, don’t jump to conclusions, and don’t take things personally.

6- Time Management: Use your time effectively, be organized, set clear goals and deadlines and make schedules according to priority.

7- Teamwork: Support and trust your team members, manage conflicts wisely, accept criticism and improve your work ethics.

8- Professionalism: Be professional in all aspects of work, the way you deal with your team members and patients, the way you act on social media, the way you wear in workplace.

9- Creativity: Surround yourself with creative people, conduct brainstorming sessions, look for inspiration, and be open for new approaches, techniques and guidelines.

10- Critical Thinking: Understand your mental process, ask questions, evaluate existing evidence and kill your toxic ego.