General Flashcards
Why is it important for medical professionals to be empathetic towards their patients?
Is the practice of being an empathetic individual something that you can learn ina lectture?
Is the practice of being an empathetic individual something that you can learn in a lecture?
What is more important in medicine, being empathetic or sympathetic?
As a medical student, how would you explain to a patient that they need to have another blood sample taken as the results of the last test were misplaced?
Why should members of a healthcare team show empathy towards one another as well as towards their patients?
As a doctor, how would you deal with a parent who has brought their child into an A&E and is angry about them having to wait a long time to be seen?
What would you say to a female patient who is scared to get the HPV vaccine which protects against cervical cancer?
As a recently qualified junior doctor, you are given the opportunity to perform you first unsupervised colonoscopy. During the procedure, something goes wrong, resulting in the patient becoming unwell and dying two days later.
The patient’s family has now come to see you; how would you approach the situation?
What thoughts and feelings will go through the head of a patient after being told that their alcoholism has led to irreversible liver damage?
How would you break bad news to a patient?
How do you think doctors cope with stress in the workplace?
