Book Details

Key Features

• Guidelines to building a professional portfolio include checklists, a certificate, mock interviews, and ways to keep resumes up to date, all helping you create an effective tool demonstrating job readiness and advancement
• Critical-thinking and problem-solving skills prepare you to analyze and handle situations, to better manage conflict and to quickly and effectively adapt to changes
• Case studies show how specific soft skills are related to the challenges and issues of the healthcare profession
• Work-text format includes journaling and self-reflection activities, providing opportunities to practice and apply skills
• Learning objectives for each chapter provide measurable outcomes for you to achieve
• Logical organization of topics begins with self-management and interpersonal skills, and moves on to communication skills, career building skills, and finally planning and advancing a career
• Storytelling approach uses vignettes and realistic scenarios to make the content more personal and relatable

New Features

• NEW! Preparing for the Externship chapter is added to this edition
• NEW job readiness content includes up-to-date information on the use of social media, as well as certifications and registrations for healthcare professionals, mentoring, work-life balance, and continuing education
• NEW! Updated content on diversity, equality, and inclusion is also added to this edition
• NEW What If? scenarios and case studies are added