So this week I realised that I’m slowly overcoming my fear of talking to other people. It’s a requirement of our course that we attend a dispensing class, and practise counselling lecturers and pharmacists from the community as if they were patients.
They grade us based on our communication skills and the accuracy of the information given. Well this week I got full marks on my communication skills. It was completely unexpected, and I half expected them to grade me poorly because I stumbled on my words when I first walked in. Apparently though, they said that I handled it really well and I made them feel at ease straight away. I never pictured myself doing a social course a few years ago, let alone getting good grades for the social aspects!