I felt it a little difficult to do multi-tasking. For example, when the patient was telling his family history I was trying to look at the patient and therefore, I couldn’t note down all the important details. And after the interview, I could not remember the exact detail of the family history. I could have definitely done it better. In future, I should tell the patient to wait for a moment and explain them the importance of family history and how important it is to note down all the details. Also, I noticed that when I was interviewing I was coughing a little. I think that made the patient a little bit uncomfortable. I should have taken the interview some other day or I could have told the patient at the beginning of the examination about my cough and taken an …show more content…
In summary, I think I developed a trusting relationship with the patient. I tried to understand the patient’s problems. I briefed him on importance of physical therapy and its outcomes. What I should have done better is I should have been an active listener, I should work hard on doing multi- tasking and I should have been more curious in asking questions. I should have even considered patient education. And, patient comfort and safety should always be the first priority (Fruth, 2014, p.24, 25,