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Communication and Patient Interviewing

Communication and Patient Interviewing. Introduction to Primary Care: a course of the Center of Post Graduate Studies i n FM. PO Box 27121 – Riyadh 11417 Tel: 4912326 – Fax: 4970847. Land. Working. Man. Women. Family. Chatting . Aim.

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Communication and Patient Interviewing

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  1. Communication and Patient Interviewing Introduction to Primary Care: a course of the Center of Post Graduate Studies in FM PO Box 27121 – Riyadh 11417 Tel: 4912326 – Fax: 4970847

  2. Land Working Man Women Family Chatting 

  3. Aim • Aim: At the end of this session, the participants are expected to have knowledge on communication skills and patient interviewing. • Objectives: • Knows basic principles of communication • Knows the place of verbal and nonverbal communication in patient interview • Is aware of the importance of nonverbal clues • Know the importance of hidden agenda • Can explain the interview process

  4. What is communication? • A process of production and submission of knowledge/symbols, which are received and interpreted by the other party. • Sharing

  5. Signal Target Source Sender Channel Receiver Noise Physical noise Psychological noise Neurophysiological noise The communication model Shannon and Weaver

  6. Patient communication • 70% of the patients can be diagnosed by only communication • Doctors who are good communicators are less suited by their patients • Patient satisfaction increases when he/she can have a good communication with the doctor. Lussier MT. Doctor-Patient Communication. Canadian Family Physician. 2006;52:1401-1402

  7. However • Percentage of doctors interrupting patients speech within the first 18 seconds: • 69% • Proportion from these patients who didn’t even express their reason for encounter: • 77% Beckman HB, Frankel RM. The effect of physician behavior on the collection of data. Ann Intern Med 1984;101:692-6

  8. Moreover • Percentage of patients leaving doctors office who do not have enough information on their illness: • 50% • Percentage of patients who do not know how to use their medication: • Around 50% • Percentage of patients not adhering to the suggestions of their doctor: • 22-70%

  9. The balance of power and relationship John Mole. Mind Your Manners. Nicholas Brealey Publishing. http://www.johnmole.com/

  10. Components of face to face communication • Verbal (% 7) • Paralanguage (% 38) • Body language (% 55)

  11. Verbal communication • Things spoken • Things not spoken • Stumbling • Indecision • Hesitation • Avoidance • Whethering • Reflection • Hidden (masked) communication

  12. Nonverbal communication • S (smile) • O (open posture) • F (forward lean) • T (touch) • E (eye contact) • N (nod)

  13. Hand shaking

  14. Forward lean

  15. Personal distance Robert E. Rakel. Textbook of Family Practice 6th edition, 2001

  16. Personal distance 1.2m 1.2-3.6m 3.6m 46 cm Intimate Personal Social Common

  17. Mimics

  18. Respiratory avoidance Ekman P, Friesen WV: Unmasking the Face: A Guide to Recognizing Emotions from Facial Clues. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, 1975.

  19. Mirroring

  20. Father:How does his heart sound? Doctor:Sounds pretty good. He’s got a little murmur there. I’m not sure what it is. It’s … it uh … could just be a little hole in his heart. Mother:Is that very dangerous when you have a hole in your heart? Doctor:No, because I think it’s the upper chamber, and if it’s the upper chamber then it means nothing. Mother:Oh. Doctor:Otherwise they just grow up and they repair them. Mother:What would cause the hole in his heart? Doctor:H’m? Mother:What was it that caused the hole in his heart? Doctor:Doctor: It’s cause … uh … just developmental, when their uh … Mother:M-h’m Doctor:There’s a little membrane that comes down, and if it’s the upper chamber, there’s a membrane that comes down, one from each direction. And sometimes they don’t quite meet, and so there’s either a hole at the top or a hole at the bottom and then … it’s really uh … uh … almost never causes any trouble.

  21. Mother:Oh. Doctor:It’s uh … one thing that they never get SBE from … it’s the only heart lesion in which they don’t. Mother:Uh-huh. Doctor:And uh … they grow up to be normal. Mother:Oh, good. Doctor:And uh … if anything happens they can always catheterize them and make sure that’s what it is, or do heart surgery. Mother:Yeah. Doctor:Really no problem with it. They almost never get into trouble so … Mother:Do you think he might have developed the murmur being that my husband and I both have a murmur? Doctor:No. Mother:No. Oh, it’s not hereditary, then? Doctor:No. Mother:Oh, I see. [Someone whistling in the room]

  22. Doctor:It is true that certain people … tendency to rheumatic fever, for instance. Mother:H’mm. Doctor:There is a tendency for the abnormal antigen-antibody reaction to be inherited, and therefore they can sometimes be more susceptible. Mother:Oh, I see. That wouldn’t mean anything if uh … I would … I’m Rh negative andhe’s positive. It wouldn’t mean anything in that line, would it? Doctor:Uh-huh. Mother:No? Okay. Doctor:No. The only thing you have to worry about is other babies. Mother:M’h’m. Doctor:Watch your Coombs’ and things. Mother:Watch my what? Doctor:Watch your Coombs’ and things. Mother:Oh, yeah. Doctor:Your titres, Coombs’ titres. (p 68)

  23. The body language

  24. Hand-on-the doorknob syndrome • Sometimes what hte patient says at the door is his/her real reason for coming. • The door is safe; patient can leave easily if refused. • Ask at the end: “Is there anything we have not covered or anything else you would like to ask me?” Quill TE: Recognizing and adjusting to barriers in doctor-patient communication. Ann Intern Med 111:51, 1989.

  25. Patient interview • Summary sentences • Recognize deviations in perception/expectations • Patient empowerment • Patient participation • Attentive listening

  26. Traps in the interview • Direct questions • “Why” questions • Guiding questions • Yes-No questions • Sudden topic changes • Loss of eye contact • Loss of feedback

  27. Problem patients • Defensive patient • Anxious patient • Angry patient • Selfish and demanding patient

  28. Changing reactions to problem patients • It is possible to change the process and initiate a new behavior • How did I interpret the patient’s statements or behavior to make myself angry? • Is there another way to interpret the patient’s behavior?

  29. What is communication? What models of communication do you know? 1/2 of communication is by body language The best doctor-patient interview is by sitting on both sides of the table Nonverbal messages are produced intentionally In which body position is the patient most receiving if you give some kind of education? Summary

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