How to Present a Patient 2005
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How To Present a Patient Sabih M. Huq Centre for Clinical Pharmacology
Transcript of How to Present a Patient 2005
How To Present a Patient
Sabih M. Huq
Centre for Clinical Pharmacology
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This is important because
– passing OSCES + firms depends on it
– your career depends on it
– other people’s lives depend on it
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Before you start After you’ve started
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Before you start be clear about…
1. Audience 2. Purpose 3. Message
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1. Audience
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2. Purpose
determine next steps
assessment
training
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1. Audience 2. Purpose
3. (your) Message
3. Message
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. . . make it easy for your audience
L O G I C
sense perception
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Overview
beginning
middle
end
PC
focused Hx & Ex
summary & plan
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Frame Problem
– 1st sentence is critical
– allows audience to interpret what follows
– i.e. what page of Oxford Handbook are
we thinking about?
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Becoming more expert
Students Doctors
relevant information
irrelevant information
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Make it easy for your audience to understand
you…
1. Sight 2. Sound 3. (Smell)
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Tips
Be prepared:– audience– purpose
– message– arrange space
– dress properly
– for questions
Practise:
– opening & closing– how you stand– how you speak
· volume· pitch· speed
– being relevant
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Video
•What is the diagnosis?
•What is the plan?
•How clear is the structure?
•How good is the communication?
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Summary
• Know what message you want to get across
• Use clinical reasoning to structure
• Think about how well you communicate
• Get better: practise, practise, practise.
