Interviewing and Health History Flashcards
what are two approaches to the interview process
- patient centered
- clinician centered
patient centered interviewing
following the patients lead to understand their thoughts, ideas, concerns, and requests without adding additional information from the doctors perspective
clinician centered interviewing
takes charge of the interaction to meet his or her own need to acquire the symptoms, their details and other data that will help her or him identify the disease
what are 10 important features of the interview process
- respect
- empathy
- humility
- sensitivity
- attentiveness
- efficiency
- factuality
- validation
- reassurance
- sense of partnership
ten fundementals of skilled interviewing
- active listenining
- empathic responses
- guided questioning
- nonverbal communication
- validation
- reassurance
- partnering
- summerization
- transitions
- empowering the patient
what are four qualities of an active listener
- closely attending to what the person says
- taking into consideration the patients emotional state
- using verbal and nonverbal skills to encourage the patient to expand on concerns
- understand the meaning of those concerns
six steps in communicating empathy
- recognize the emotional moment
- pause to question
- name the emotion you believe is present
- communicate your understanding of the emotion and validate is presence
- respect the patients efforts with the emotion
- offer support and partnership
what are four examples of empathic responses
- how do you feel about that
- this really seems to be troubling you, can you say more?
- that sounds upsetting
- you must be feeling sad
what are four outcomes of establishing an empathic connection
- reduce anxiety related to isolation and abandonment
- imporve adherence
- increase level of patient provider connection
- reduce PA frustration
what are 7 examples of guided questions
- moving from open ended to focused questions
- asking questions that require a scaled response
- asking a series of questions one at a time
- offering multiple choices
- asking for clarification
- encouraging with continuers
- using echoing
what is the goal of guided questioning
facilitate full communication, in the patients own words, without interruption
what are two advantages of using guided questioning
- show interest in the patients feelings
- can help avoid questions that lead or stifle the patients ideas
what are three examples of questions that call for a graded or scaled response
- what percentage has your rash improved
- how many stairs can you climb before getting short of breath
- do you lack the strength for any activities of daily living
what does “encouraging with continuers” mean
encouraging the patient to continue speaking through verbal (“yes go on”) or non-verbal encouragement (pausing)
echoing (example)
using the patients own words to elicit a more specific response
“i have chest pain”
“did the pain start in your chest?”