Overcoming selective understanding

Question 1

Suggest ways a health professional might assist the person/s to overcome selective understanding.

Answer 1

1.Enunciate each word
2.Talk at a reasonable tone/pace
3.Provide visual aids
4.Ask client to recap info
5.Ask questions
6.Only communicate essentials
7.Send client email/text recapping apt

Question 2

The ultimate goal of health professions is:

Answer 2

Occupational therapy is a client-centred health profession concerned with promoting health and wellbeing through occupation. The primary goal of occupational therapy is to enable people to participate in the activities of everyday life. Occupational therapists achieve this outcome by working with people and communities to enhance their ability to engage in the occupations they want to, need to, or are expected to do, or by modifying the occupation or the environment to better support their occupational engagement (WFOT, 2012).

Question 3

Introductions establish the quality of future interactions and include introducing:

Answer 3

Important areas such as the bathroom, potential waiting areas for family members, admin desks, private meeting rooms, outside areas and potentially more.

Question 4

Providing information about a health profession can take two main forms:

Answer 4

Verbal form and written form