Taking notes

AIM: To practise listening for detail and taking notes about a patient’s personal information.

INTRODUCTION: Listening for detail is a key skill for doctors, with direct influence on the three important goals of medical communication: accuracy, efficiency and supportiveness.

INSTRUCTIONS: Watch this section of the video and type in the missing details about this patient.

If the answer is a number, type the number as a figure rather than a word, e.g. 12 rather than twelve.

Greg Ellis (Mr)
Age:

Job:

at power station
started about

months ago
Family:
ex-wife and

children
children aged 6 and

girlfriend

Please answer every question before continuing.

Getting accurate information involves both asking appropriate questions and listening carefully to the answers. In taking notes you need to focus on the most important or relevant details.

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