麻豆传媒高清版

Overview

Topics may include:

• Illness behaviour and consulting behaviour
• Explanatory models and folk illness
• Asking the right questions concerning the patient鈥檚 presenting complaint i.e. the patient presenting with chest pain.
• Setting Ambience
• Building rapport
• Information gathering
• Determining the patient鈥檚 goal for consultation and achieving concordance with management plan
• Patient education/counselling
• Discussion of the management/treatment of illness
• Closing the interview
• Documentation
• Ethical and legal factors affecting clinical decision making e.g. patient鈥檚 right to information

Assessment Strategy

-threshold -Basic understanding of the facts and principles specific to the topics covered in this module. Basic understanding of professional accountability issues. Students will be required to achieve a minimum of C- grade in the assignment to in order to pass the theory component of the module.
-good -Very good understanding of the facts and principles specific to the topics covered in this module. Good understanding of professional accountability issues. This equates to a minimum mark of Grade B- in the Grading Criteria. -excellent -Excellent understanding of the facts and principles specific to the topics covered in this module and evidence of additional evidence gained by the student. Very good understanding of professional accountability issues. This equates to a minimum mark of Grade A- in the Grading Criteria

Learning Outcomes

• Analyse the professional accountability of the practitioner when making clinical judgements

• Critically analyse and apply methods of communication

• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the wider issues of psychological and sociological aspects of health

• Demonstrate an integrated approach to care through presentation of concise case histories of specific patients

• Demonstrate competence in history taking

• Demonstrate critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning skills in clinical decision making

• Demonstrate effective communication skills within the context of the consultation and within the practice setting

• Demonstrate the skills required to make effective clinical judgements

• Develop and demonstrate skills in empathic and therapeutic communication

• Explore ethical principles within the context of clinical decision making

• Use clinical judgement in the formation of management decisions in acute and chronic disease