title: Workplace etiquette for the medical practice employee.
abstract: Medical practice workplace etiquette is slowly being modified and fine-tuned. New workplace etiquette rules have become necessary because of advances in communications technology, shifting norms, and expectations of what constitutes good manners. Today's medical practice employees must concern themselves with traditional workplace manners but also the manners that come into play when they make or receive cell phone calls, text messages, and e-mails, and when they use social networking media outside of work. This article offers 25 rules for good manners in the medical practice that relate to the ways employees interact with people today, whether face-to-face or when using electronic communications technologies. It offers practical guidelines for making introductions both inside and outside the medical practice. This article also provides a self-quiz to help medical practice employees assess their workplace etiquette intelligence and 12 tips for good workplace table manners.
authors.affiliation: merlegerle@aol.com
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hills
mesh_terms: D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000379:methods*; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012919:Social Behavior