While medical school will teach students many of the clinical skills needed to be a physician, there are certain skills, including social skills and communication skills, every student should have in their toolkit when entering medical school, according to a July 27 article on the American Medical Association website.
The 15 skills every student should have when entering medical school:
1. Service orientation
2. Social skills
3. Cultural competence
4. Teamwork
5. Oral communication
6. Ethical responsibility to self and others
7. Reliability and dependability
8. Resilience and adaptability
9. Capacity for improvement
10. Critical thinking
11. Quantitative reasoning
12. Scientific inquiry
13. Written communication
14. Human behavior science competency
15. Living systems science competency