Competency information
Details
Under supervision, demonstrate that you can obtain and present a patient history from a normal volunteer or consenting patient in order to better understand the clinical decision-making process in your clinical practice.
Considerations
- The importance of patient-centred care and how it ensures that the wishes, beliefs, concerns, expectations and needs of patients are respected.
- Patient and carer perspective with respect to illness, disability, health inequalities and diversity of the patient experience.
- Structured models for presenting a patient history.
- Process of patient-centred interviewing and the features of a good consultation, including initiating the session, gathering information, building the relationship, explaining and planning, and closing the session.
- Link between the patient history and examination and development of clinical investigation and management plans.
Relevant learning outcomes
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| # 6 | Outcome Under supervision, obtain a patient history from a normal volunteer or typical patient referred to your service and present the findings to a colleague or peer in order to understand the clinical decision-making process in clinical practice. |