I feel that I have built my skills in communication with physicians and other healthcare providers by doing a few different things. The first thing that I think has helped me build these skills is all of the work we have done in clinical that aims to improve our knowledge of general healthcare. We have learned so much stuff about insurance, and budgeting, and referrals, and all of these aspects have made me more confident in my communication with healthcare providers. Learning about types of insurance and third party reimbursement has probably been the largest confidence builder in my communication because I feel like these things are what I knew the least about going into clinical this semester. Another thing that has helped me build skills in communication with healthcare providers is the last few Dr. Hannula clinic nights over the last year. Every time I have been I have presented a case. With each case, Dr. Hannula has asked me to perform an evaluation on the athlete before he sees the patient, instead of just giving him a history and positive or negative special tests. With these evaluations and his feedback, it has built my communication skills with healthcare providers. One more thing that has been important in my communication skills has been the patient put through assignment. This assignment has been difficult because there has only been one of Melissa’s athletes that has had a referral, so I haven’t been able to refer 2 athletes and go through all of the proper steps. But learning about faxing documentation and speaking to a secretary about the patient’s condition and setting up appointments has built my skills in communication with healthcare providers. Overall the biggest thing that has helped me in building my skills communicating with healthcare providers has been the information that we have learned in clinical about insurance types and third party reimbursement. This is because I knew little about these subjects before this clinical, and wasn’t at all comfortable talking about these things. Leave a Reply. |
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