Important Characteristics of a Good Doctor

Important Characteristics of a Good Doctor

Looking back at the past experience, I would divide all the necessary characteristics that a physician needs to have in his personality and behavior to be a real savior of his patients as either personal or social. To be a true success, not only did I have to study day and night to attain proper knowledge and skill but also reshape my personality, manners and behavior so that I could work with people not experimental rabbits or AI-run robots.

Having worked with so many great doctors, I would say that curiosity, critical thinking and problem solving nature are the features that I noticed in the personality of every great doctor and by doing my best to implement these in my own practice, slowly I am managing to make these part of my own personality. As a doctor who is curious, I always try to research my own field of practice for the latest updates and research. Possessing newly available and the latest data, always gives me the capacity to comprehend my patients’ cases from different horizons. As for the critical thinking and problem solving, these are just a core of any physicians personality that help him to put into practice what he has learnt for years at school. So, such fundamental features are “must have” for every physician in his personality along with the solid knowledge of his practical sphere.

Naturally, we must not forget that, in the end of the day, a doctor has to communicate with his patients, so gentle social manners in personality are undoubtedly a necessity. Sympathy and the empathy are of such social characteristics that I found very useful when communicating with my patients. These features when practiced habitually have automatically provided me with a comprehensive, clear and yet soft and gentle speech every time I talk with one of my patients. So, with such social characteristics, my patients not only leave my office with calmness in their heart but also with a hope that everything is going to be okay which I believe is equal into 50% of healing process. Last but not least, in my experience, it is always recommended to show a nice big smile to the patient when talking so that he feels comfortable, safe and this encourages them to trust me.

To sum up, no matter how knowledgeable a doctor may be, if he is not the possessor of good personality and manners, he cannot earn the trust of his patients and make them feel hopeful. So, I can say that a good doctor must have a perfect, soft behavior and personality with both social and private characteristics as mentioned above, along with his rock solid knowledge and skill.