Each will be paired up with a dialysis patient at a local dialysis unit. Please
dress professionally for the encounter. Students will be expected to meet
with their assigned patients and spend some time speaking with to them
while they are on treatment (~1-2hrs). Students will be required to submit
a worksheet/ paragraph summarizing their interactions. Additionally, your
experiences will be shared and discussed further in small groups during our
CCL session on Jan 23rd
The worksheet below contains just some examples of questions to discuss
with your patient. Please use this as a loose guide to your conversation.
Goals: 1) To understand the natural course, presentation, and
complications of renal disease
2) To understand the impact of renal disease on patients daily life
3) To understand patient/physician factors that may deter the success
of medical therapies
4) To appreciate the importance of listening to and understanding
the patients perspective as a vital tool in the success of our
prescribed therapies
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Any trouble with your medications? Any trouble paying for it,
getting it or taking it?
16.
Do you have any trouble sticking with the renal diet? If so,
what?
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As a physician to be, what is one thing you would want me to
learn?