Connections

Okay this is an odd post. I just allowed my brain to flow....

The lessons learned are woven throughout our lives. As I learn about communication through attending the Pfizer FRANK workshop, I learn about impact of communication in an exam room and how to raise awareness of communication skills through sharing and evaluation with peers. I begin conversations about Emotional Intelligence with a colleague after seeing a presentation he created. I begin my doctoral program at Pepperdine and am asked to read Daniel Goleman’s book Emotional Intelligence at Work and how that can have an impact on the way that veterinarians connect with clients. For a class assignment, I am asked to develop an online course. The course that I developed is Communication in the Exam room and will be rolling out this course in another month. My research paper this semester will actually look at how Emotional Intelligence might enhance doctor’s ability to connect with clients and therefore practicing better medicine. My worlds are crossing over and interweaving to the benefit of all.

In class this evening, we discussed different learning theorists. It became a very interesting discussion around how their theories flow into and out of each other. From Piaget’s stage theory to Montesori to communities of practice from Lave and Wegner, and so on.