Self-Awareness for Health Care Professionals provides ideas and models to enhance self-awareness across the soft skill spectrum—interpersonal skills, communication, social and emotional intelligence quotients, among other abilities, which enable people to appropriately navigate their social environment. Intended to arm health care professionals with the task of becoming self-aware, this robust pedagogy stimulates discussion, personal examination, and reflection. Written in a concise, engaging manner, each chapter gets to the heart of what readers need to learn about their self-awareness and how to apply that awareness in the professional environment. A broad range of topics are covered, including the foundations of self-awareness, personality, metacognition, emotional intelligence, career management, performance and anxiety, professionalism, and much more.
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David Tipton, Ph D, holds a B.S. in Pharmacy, an MBA in Marketing, and a Ph D in Management. He currently teaches in the management sequence at Duquesne University School of Pharmacy, where he is an associate professor. He developed the Post Baccalaureate Weekend Doctor of Pharmacy Program at Duquesne University, the first such program in the United States. Dr. Tipton has published in the Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association, Health Marketing Quarterly, the Journal of Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management, and the Journal of Social and Administrative Pharmacy. Dr. Tipton has published three books, including Professionalism, Work and Clinical Responsibility in Pharmacy; Personal and Professional Growth for Health Care Professionals; and Supervision: A Professional’s Perspective. Prior to returning to graduate school, Dr. Tipton was a partner and owner in a four-store pharmacy group.