Task 3
“ Employers identify communication as one of the basic competencies every graduate should have, asserting that the ability to communicate is valuable for obtaining employment and maintaining successful job performance.” Sherwyn Morreale, Michael Osborn & Judy Pearson, Professors of Communication (2000) I strongly resonate with this statement as throughout my time spent in the army with various training schools, I have had the privilege to work with both teams that were able to communicate effectively with one another and teams where basic communication broke down when the stakes rose. Communication was the backbone of being able to identify, treat, and stabilize patients when they were being stretchered in the emergency door of the medical center where I was stationed. During practice scenarios, communication was often one of the key characteristics that separated an experienced team from a novice team. The experienced team would often communicate any small detail that they n...