Survey questions |
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1. Please rate your overall competence in medical interviewing (1 = not competent, 10 = highly competent) |
2. How important is the medical interview in your practice? (1 = not important, 10 = very important) |
3. How confident are you in your ability to successfully handle communication in each of the following scenarios? (1 = not confident, 10 = very confident) |
4. How adequate was the training you received during medical school, residency, and/or fellowship in preparing you to successfully handle communication in each of the following scenarios? (1 = inadequate, 10 = excellent) |
Scenarios |
a. The patient who makes excessive demands for tests and/or treatments |
b. Counseling the overweight patient with medical complications due to obesity for whom treatments of obesity failed in the past |
c. Informing a young woman with a new breast mass that the biopsy shows cancer |
d. A patient's spouse who is demanding and hostile during the interview |
e. The patient with somatoform disorder who presents with a long list of problems and extensive medical records |
f. The patient with chronic pain who is taking multiple narcotics and refuses psychiatric evaluation |
g. The patient who has been kept waiting an hour or more beyond the appointment time |
h. The patient whose cultural background is significantly different from yours |