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Showing posts with label communication. Show all posts
Showing posts with label communication. Show all posts
December 29, 2015

Using collaboration with patients

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An SP and a learner collaborate together. [ The Duet via wikimedia] Collaboration is a tool learners can use to reduce the power dif...
December 8, 2015

Delivering a diagnosis

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A learner explains a diagnosis to an SP. [ Girolamo Mercuriali via wikimedia ] When learners try to give me a diagnosis, I often fee...
November 10, 2015

You're going to be OK

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A student-doctor reassures an SP. [ Hope in a Prison of Despair via wikimedia ] When a learner attempts to reassure me during an enc...
October 27, 2015

Teach back

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Doves & cherubim are not strictly required for successful teach back. [ L'Annonciation de 1644  via wikimedia ] I love the ...
July 21, 2015

Uptalk?

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I'm not sure? If this is serious? [ Sibilla via wikimedia ] "Did the student seem confident?" is one of those subjectiv...
July 14, 2015

Do you have heart disease?

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Not for the faint of heart. [Heart diagram from Grey's Anatomy via wikimedia ] The other day a medical professional was taking ...
June 16, 2015

Does that make sense?

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Sure, sure, that makes sense. [ La Lecture via wikimedia ] One of the things I hear from learners during encounters that makes me wi...
May 19, 2015

Using Google Glass

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Earliest known depiction of a student using Google Glass. [ The "Glasses Apostle" via wikimedia ] I was going to scoff when...
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April 28, 2015

Quote of the Day

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[Portrait of Henry Ford  via  wikimedia ] "You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do. " Henry Ford ...
March 24, 2015

Why "Is that okay?" is not okay

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"I'd like to give you some hemlock. Is that okay?" [ Aristotle refusing the hemlock via wikimedia ] As an SP, I care a ...
December 16, 2014

Communicating sincerity

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A student-doctor demonstrating sincerity during an encounter. [ Sterne and Grisette via wikimedia ] I feel strongly that feedback is ...
September 30, 2014

Core value: Consent

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Drink this. You don't need to know what it is. [ Self-Portrait with Dr Arrieta via wikimedia ] I have written about physical auto...
September 23, 2014

Getting a clue

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An SP giving a clue card to a student after a heart & lung exam. [Detail from Card Players via wikimedia ] Obviously, most SPs do...
August 12, 2014

How are you today?

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"Oh, I'm fine..." [ Allegorical Portrait of Elizabeth I via wikimedia ] One of the questions that makes me cringe is fr...
July 15, 2014

A proper introduction

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Sadly, students never introduce themselves like this. [ The Introduction via wikimedia ] Many, many checklists have an item in the co...
June 10, 2014

Feedback hierarchy

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Rising to the challenge. [ Monte Cristallo via  wikimedia ] SP events have very different methods for student feedback. In places whe...
May 27, 2014

Core value: Physical Autonomy

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How I feel after a particularly disappointing physical exam. [ La Autopsia via wikimedia ] My first core value as an SP is " Em...
May 13, 2014

Really quick

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When I saw this (really quick!) video from Cooper Medical School , I thought, "YESSSS!" When students tell me they're going to...
April 15, 2014

The power of the power differential

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Everything looks so... small from up here. [ Jupiter Weighing the Fate of Man  via  wikimedia ] When we go to the doctor we are at our...
April 1, 2014

Words to watch: a list

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Making a list. Checking it twice. [ Porträt des Erasmus von Rotterdam  via  wikimedia ] I  care a lot about the use of  plain language...
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