Students and graduates of the Program will demonstrate:
1. Effective communication skills:
- Verbally and non-verbally
- In writing and when speaking
- By being a good listener
- Using appropriate terminology
2. Good interpersonal skills:
- With those representing various ages and cultures
- With those who are ill and those who are healthy
- With disabled and able-bodied individuals
- With the terminally ill or those grieving
- With those who are difficult to handle or inappropriate in their behaviors
3. Professional behaviors in roles as:
- Teacher
- Consultant
- Caregiver
- Team member
- Advisor
- Mentor
- Friend
4. Management skills in:
- Use of own time
- Maintaining emotional stability
- Providing care to individuals in a clinical setting
- Supervising other professional and non-professional personnel
- Equipping the clinical setting
- Budgeting
