General Practice Flashcards
Name 5 specialities other than General practice
Surgery Paeds Obs and gynae Histopathology Radiology Opthamolagy Emergency medicine Psychiatry Anaesthetics Neurosurgery Sexual Health
What does it mean by Holistic approach within medicine
Treatment of the whole person
mental, social as well as illness
being able to manage risks and deal with uncertainty and complexity
What are the personal qualities required in general practice? State 5
- Ability to care about patients and their relatives
- A commitment to providing high quality care
- An awareness of one’s own limitations
- An ability to seek help when appropriate
- Commitment to keeping up to date and improving quality of one’s own performance
- Appreciation of the value of team work
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Clinical competence
- Organisational ability
- Ability to manage oneself
- Ability to work with others
- Maintaining good practice
- Relating to the public
- Ability to deal with uncertainty
What is a GP practice?
- There is no longer a typical Practice.
- Practices are responsive to local health needs and vary considerably.
- The Practice or building might be owned by the G.P.’s themselves, or by the local NHS organisation.
What are the three elements when referring to body language
Gaze behaviour
Posture
Specific gestures
What is gaze behaviour?
Eye contact is important in communication, and indicates interest. During communication a speaker holds eye contact 30% of the time, the listener holds eye contact the majority of the time.
How is posture an important element of body language?
Posture provides further information. A depressed person often looks literally depressed - head bowed, slumped posture; the anxious person is often restless and fidgety. Hands placed behind the head can suggest a confident or superior attitude. Fidgitting and moving around in the seat can indicate anxiety (or extrapyramidal symptoms).
How are specific gestures an important element of body language?
Body language can tell you if the patient is comfortable about the topic or not.
What are the common barrier positions?
Common barrier positions include folded arms, legs or feet crossed and ankle lock gestures. Holding a handbag or fiddling with a cufflink may indicate unease.
Hand to face actions form the basis of what? types of gesture?
What can they indicate?
Give some examples of these gestures
human deceit gestures indicate doubt, uncertainty, lying or exaggeration. examples include: - mouth guard - the nose touch - the eye rub - the ear rub - the neck scratch.
Cheek and chin gestures indicate
interest and evaluation
What 4 points is it important to consider when interpreting body language?
culture
context
gesture clusters
congruence
why is culture important to consider?
Body language differs between cultures, and care must be taken not to misinterpret it.
why is context important to consider?
Body language interpretation depends on the context (eg, the posture the patient adopts may be because of the discomfort of back pain or because of poor vision or hearing and not because of the non-verbal message).
why is gesture clusters important to consider?
A single gesture may easily be misinterpreted by the body language reader. It is therefore important that the interpretation is based on gesture clusters. The cluster of gestures re-inforces the message.
why is congruence important to consider?
A lack of congruence can imply omission, inaccuracy or even suppression of information.
Name the different forms of question styles?
Open-ended question Direct question Closed question Leading question Reflected question
