PI / RTM Presentation Skills

Assisting a potential participant through the IC process requires more than just a genuine concern for the participant and the process. It also requires specific skills such as teaching, cultural literacy, and "reading the participant" (e.g. body language and hearing the unsaid)...

As with any skill set, some individuals are naturally better at the task, and quickly acquire a high functional level. Education, training, and, especially, mentoring can be useful in developing these competencies. Such skills cannot be "picked up with practice," since that would imply that at least some ICs were obtained by untrained RTM.