title: Teaching interpersonal skills to occupational and environmental health professionals.
abstract: An innovative course for teaching communication and interpersonal relationships was delivered to 29 environmental and occupational health professionals. This course aimed to highlight interpersonal and emotional aspects in the professional-client interaction and incumbent communication aspects when consulting team members, colleagues, and nonprofessionals in the occupational arena. Various experiential and other teaching techniques were used. Assessment showed that participants reported the positive features of such a course although few changes in either psychosocial abilities or awareness were evident. Possible ramifications of the findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Occupational Health and Rehabilitation Institute, Loewenstein Hospital, Raanana, Israel.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rabinowitz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Feiner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ribak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001364:Awareness; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000193:education; D003142:Communication; D003479:Curriculum; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health; D009787:Occupational Medicine / Q000193:education*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012944:Social Support