Showing posts with label dental health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dental health. Show all posts

Monday, February 14, 2011

Saturday, November 20, 2010

BMJ Careers - Emotional intelligence

Do doctors and other healthcare providers need emotional intelligence? How can we instill/teach/train or otherwise provide a more comprehensive (and sensitive) skill set to healthcare? BMJ Careers - Emotional intelligence
If we define health as physical, social, and emotional wellbeing, and not just the absence of infirmity, then surely we must train our healthcare practitioners in a much more interdisciplinary, comprehensive, and holistic way. We must truly bring a feminine sensibility to the masculine dominated environment of healthcare!

A thoughtless practice with short-term benefits and long-term pitfalls!

http://www.superkidsnutrition.com/nutrition_answers/pr_candy-as-reward.php

For those of you who believe, as I do, that there are much better ways to reward children for good behavior, please share the more positive incentives you've used. Remember: rewards can be either intrinsic or extrinsic.