Abstract:
In today’s fast-paced world of healthcare, physicians require effective tools to help manage, adapt, and get ahead in their careers. Emotional intelligence (EI) and emotional quotient (EQ) are critical to your success; knowing how to use them can improve your care, organization, and life.
In the book The Emotionally Intelligent Physician Leader, author Susan Fink Childs, FACMPE, shares key lessons gleaned from her career to provide physician leaders with actionable information to improve their EQ and build better relationships with patients, as well as others within their organizations.
Published by the American Association for Physician Leadership (AAPL), this well-written, concise, and practical book serves as both an educational overview of EQ in healthcare and a guide for physicians to follow to achieve their fullest potential and balance happiness with success. Knowing how to use EI can improve relationships with your patients and interactions with your colleagues.
“This book readily provides the reader with the full constellation of knowledge, context, and insights for how to embrace the varied aspects of emotional intelligence,” says Peter Angood, MD, FRCS(C), FACS, MCCM, FAAPL(Hon), president and CEO of AAPL. “Additionally, as this knowledge is absorbed, there are numerous examples of how best to implement and utilize the knowledge. There is a wealth of knowledge and practical application that all members of the physician community, members of physicians’ practices, and even individuals within the varied institutions where physicians have influence in the industry, will benefit from in many ways. This is a resource book of clearly significant value for its readership,” Angood says.
Here are some of the topics the author discusses in detail:
Physicians and managing up
The six primary emotions
Inter-departmental logistics
Delegation and practice efficiency
Basics of body language
When we have to say no to a patient
Patients making independent decisions
How to deal with difficult patients
Set the stage to establish boundaries
Shape patient satisfaction
Questions for peer discussions
The provider’s role and relationships
Communicating effectively with staff
Embracing emotional intelligence has become an essential aspect of contemporary culture.
To learn more or purchase the book visit https://www.physicianleaders.org/publications/books/emotionally-intelligent-physician-leader-childs?v=41923493036212
Topics
Self-Awareness
Communication Strategies
Trust and Respect
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