Sunday, April 5, 2020
Medical Training and Doctors' Interactions with Patients and Their Families
For the next two weeks, we're going to be focusing on how doctors (and health professionals generally) are trained and how they interact with patients and their families. Some of the opening chapters of Jerome Groopman's book How Doctors Think will be our main reading. Diagnosing illness, in good part, requires doctors to ask the right questions and really listen to patients. Naturally, patients who potentially have a serious illness -- and their families -- will be very concerned and anxious. How health professionals, patients, and their families can speak to each other in ways that leave everyone as calm and satisfied as possible is therefore very important. As we get into this material in (virtual) lecture and the reading, students are invited to share their opinions and questions in the comments area.
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I personally don't have much experience when it comes to medical professionals and their interactions, but one of my Facebook friends who is in her 50s posted today that she was in need of a new doctor. More specifically, she was in need of a doctor who listens to her well as her previous doctor was moving away. I just thought it was interesting that I came across that post since we have been talking about how important it is for doctors to actually listen to their patients.
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ReplyDeleteRecently my sister gave birth to her first child. This was uncharted territory for her, so she was really scared to go through the whole process. Due to COVID-19, only her and my brother-in-law could be in the room, which made her even more scared. Her doctor and nurses understood this fear and lack of support sytem, so they went out of their way to explain every test and every use of medicine they had to give her. She said her birthing experince was so much easier without our mom thanks to the doctors and nurses who cared for her. Thanks to the doctors, I have a new niece as of April 10, 2020.
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DeleteThis past Winter Break, I shadowed my dad's cardiologist, Dr. Singh as well as his wife who works there as a PA. For the entirety I was there, I listened how both Dr. Singh and PA-C Singh conveyed to their patients but also listened to them. Their was a level of trust in which the patients were comfortable with Dr. Singh which went both ways. He would always ask his patients about how they are, ask them questions of what is going on since their last visit, and made it personal by remembering details of their lives. Every patient that was seen, their was a bond created and this also made patients become at ease when coming to his office. They also answered questions or told Dr. Singh honestly of how they have been doing. It was amazing to see this connection and that Dr. Singh and PA-C Singh both listen and help their patients as well with that bond of trust strengthening. Also, this is Tanvi Tirumala!
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