Even though I didn’t have enough time to finish the interview, I was able to cover almost everything in HIP and medical history. As I reflect back on the interview session, I felt comfortable during the interview because the SP was very engaged in the conversation. However, I overlooked her expression about the bad phone call she got from her sister. At the time, I interpreted her sadness as being uncomfortable and moved on with the conversation without prying into her personal matter. Thus, my assumption had caused me to miss out the entire psychosocial context that leads the episode of her chest pain. To improve on this area, I should learn to put my personal interpretation and assumption aside and being more proactive in asking the patient to elaborate the story. In addition, I would make sure to …show more content…
I also notice that I tend to repeat after the patient answer to my question. Although doing so might help me keep the fact straight as well as letting the patient know that I was actively listening, I felt that it’s a little overkill as this might cause me to lose time for the interview. Thus, this could be the reason that I couldn’t finish my interview. As I summarized the information I got from the patient, I realized that I missed out some of the information and went a little fast toward the end after the announcement of two minutes left for the interview. I should have learned to put my distraction aside and focus on the interview to make sure I have the correct information from the patient. Regarding facilitation skills, I thought I did well in maintaining eye contact as well as having open posture during the interview. One thing that I thought I did particularly well on was when I praised the patient for cutting down on her tobacco