3.1.1—Practitioner interpersonal skills

3.1.1 Practitioner interpersonal skills.

• non-verbal communications with a focus on practitioner clothing, including a study, e.g. McKinstry and Wang (1991).
• verbal communications with a focus on understanding medical terminology, including a study, e.g. McKinlay (1975).
• Relevant issues and debates and methodology for this topic include: idiographic versus nomothetic, experiments, questionnaires, quantitative data, generalisations.

This matters because —practitioner interpersonal skills determines what can be inferred or chosen; begin with the stated conditions and keep the conclusion tied to the evidence.

Example: apply —practitioner interpersonal skills to one small, clearly defined case, show the key step or comparison, and explain the result in words.

Boundary: —Practitioner interpersonal skills is not a universal recommendation. Check the syllabus scope, assumptions, units and the limits of the evidence before generalising.