DL: History taking and communication skills

Question 1

What is meant by short-term history?

Answer 1

To take immediately in the consult (e.g. emergencies) tigger, treatment, response, detail, severity, frequency and current incident

Question 2

What is meant by long-term history

Answer 2

Non-urgent bits of in information to acquire in an emergency. Signalment, neutered or entire? ownership history, vaccination and worming, surgery previously, current medication, health of in contact animals, housing, feeding, use, general health

Question 3

What are the stages in the logical approach to clinical problem solving? 4

Answer 3

1. Define
2. Refine
3. Primary or secondary?
4. Clues in history and PE findings to help answer the question

Question 4

What are the 4 components of the 4 habits communication model?

Answer 4

1. ) invest in the beginning
2. ) elicit the patient’s perspective
3. ) demonstrate empathy
4. ) invest in the end

Question 5

Other than the 4 habits communication model, name another communication model.

Answer 5

Calgary-Cambridge communication model