Blog 22: Independent Component 2

(a) Include this statement: “I, Jose Hugo Moreno, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”
(b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.
             

“Enhancing Your Cultural Communication Skills.” Med.umich.edu. N.p., n.d.. Web. 3 Apr. 2016.

             

e-Patient Dave. “’People without medical background can understand if you tell it in a language they understand.’” E-patients.net. Society for Participatory Medicine, 24 Mar. 2012. Web. 2 Apr. 2016.

Hernandez, Lillian. Personal Interview. 13 Apr. 2016.

             

“Paediatric History.” Patient.info. EMIS Group plc, n.d.. Web. 3 Apr. 2016.

              

Sutton, Marla. “Improving Patient Care Cultural Competence.” Aafp.org. American Academy of Family Physicians, n.d.. Web. 2 Apr. 2016.

 
 
(c) Update your Independent Component 2 Log (which should be under your Senior Project Hours link)
(d) Explain what you completed. 
             I created a presentation that explained the importance of understanding a patient's background. I had to research articles full of necessary information and then construct a presentation explaining what I've learned, not only from the articles but from what I learned from my interviews as well.
   
(e) Defend your work and explain the component's significance and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.   Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.   
https://www.powtoon.com/online-presentation/cFUgebxVVqo/independent-component-2/

(f)How did the component help you answer your EQ? Please include specific examples to illustrate how it helped. 
             The component helped me answer my EQ by explaining to me how a relationship between a doctor and patient can be improved through the means of understanding the background of a patient. Many doctors in all forms of medicine have had difficulty approaching new patients. Not every patient is the same, so when meeting a new one, a doctor asks for a background check on each patient. In one of my interviews I asked if understanding the background of a patient helped overall during medical appointments? The individual I was interviewing replied by saying that it was and explained to me that by understanding a patient's background, the medical staff can work together to make a patient's visit enjoyable. I also read in one of my articles that understanding a patient's background helps a doctor establish empathy where empathy is needed for the patient and family of the patient, which in turn helped established a stronger doctor/patient relationship between the doctor and not only the patient, but the patient's family as well.

Blog 21 - Interview 4 Reflection

1. What is the most important thing I learned from the interview?
        The most important thing I learned from this interview is he fact that communication with the parents of a patient is extremely important. By communicating with the parents of a patient, a doctor can be ensured that a patient will be treated without the assistance of the doctor. A sense of trust is built between the doctor and parents, resulting with the patient being healthy.
  
2.  How will what I learned affect my final lesson?
         I might incorporate the knowledge I gathered from this interview in an activity during my final lesson. I can create reenactments for the audience to either or perform, showing how the pediatrician also speaks to the parents during a patient's visit and how it helps improve a pediatric doctor/patient relationship.