dokidok
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1. Do you say, "Is everything in the room alright for you ?", after you introduce yourself, or you just say, " I am going to ask you a few Qs and do a physical exam on you. Is that OK. Let me cover you first" and do the draping.
2. Do you ask permission to take notes, or you just start taking notes?
3. After the Pt says the chief complain do you express sympathy by saying sorry to hear that (this is an example from csprotocol blog), or you just continue w/ the rest of the Hx taking?
4. What do you say to the Pt while washing your hands?
Edited by dokidok on 04/27/08 - 07:05 PM
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| krista
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hello dokidok  good seeing you again. I guess how you approach patients is very subjective but here are my suggestions:
1. "Is everything in the room alright for you? Let me help drape you with this" after intro is good
2. Hm, for me I didn't ask for permission to take notes and my patients didn't seem to mind but remember to look at pxs in the eyes most of the times while they talk.
3. "I'm sorry to hear that" and a flash of sympathy on face  to the best that you can. Also could add "the pain must really bother you" or something along the lines if it's appropriate
4. While washing hands is a great time to ask something you forgot to ask during the conversation or if you covered everything then use it toward "bonding" time like "it sure was hot/cold/niceday out today. did you have an easy time getting here?" or something pertains to their social history, earn points for effort of establishing personal px-doctor relationship.
Good luck dokidok.
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