Summary:
Understanding personality types and developing personality sensitivity improves interpersonal relationships, patient outcomes and job satisfaction. Dr.Taylor Hartman created The Hartman Personality Profile or The Color Code, which divides personalities into four colors or groups. OTs can create a personality-sensitive workplace that will benefit patients from receiving care that’s tailored to their particular personality traits
Objectives:
The goal of this program is to familiarize OTs with the process and results of creating a personality-sensitive workplace. After you study the information presented here, you will be able to —
- Explain how understanding personality types and developing personality sensitivity improves interpersonal relationships, patient outcomes, and job satisfaction.
- Give examples of how patients benefit from receiving care that’s sensitive to their particular personality traits.
- Describe Hartman’s Color Code theory, detailing the role of motives and the strengths and limitations of its four personality types.
Accreditation Information
Gannett Healthcare Group is an approved provider of continuing education for occupational therapists by the American Occupational Therapy Association.
Continuing education approved by the American Occupational Therapy Association is accepted for relicensure by the state boards for occupational therapists in: Alaska, Nevada, Arkansas, New Hampshire, Delaware, North Carolina, District of Columbia, Ohio, Illinois, Oregon, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Rhode Island, Maryland, South Carolina, Minnesota, Texas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Missouri, Vermont, Montana & Virginia.