2.2 Working with Others - Building and Maintaining Relationships

Doctors show leadership by building and maintaining relationships: listening, supporting others, gaining trust and showing understanding. 

Competent doctors:

• Listen to othersand recognise different perspectives
  
• Empathise and take into account the needs and feelings of others
• Communicate effectively with individuals and groups, and act as a positive role model
• Gain and maintain the trust and support of colleagues.

For more information on how these competences are applied, please click on Undergraduate, Postgraduate or Continuing Practice.