Experience Skills/Qualities Reflection/Takeaways Self-Application

shown
During my work Resilience and Medicine is extremely When I was
experience, motivation stressful and draining halfway through
junior doctor but resilience and Year 12, I noticed
strikes occurred. motivation can help my chemistry
Registrar we to deal with these grades were
shadowed took issues. Being able to slipping, falling to
on the roles of 3 withstand the Cs which was very
junior doctors. pressures of the job disappointing.
Following her and thrive in these However, in the
around, I could situations. She was face of this
see how stressed able to provide a situation, I was
she had been, better quality of care able to improve
dealing with than a less resilient my scores by
several pages and motivated one employing new
and patients revision
techniques such
as spaced
repetition and
seeking help from
teachers by
attending drop ins
I observed an Empathy and Making adjustments Whilst
interaction communication and changes to your volunteering in a
between a language or your care home, a
doctor and a tone is vital for patient spent a
patient in A&E. communication and long time talking
The patient was establishing trust to me about how
in severe pain as between the doctor lonely she felt and
a burn on their and patient. It also that her children
inner mouth makes the patient rarely visit and
caused a blood feel more how bad that
blister. The comfortable in a made her feel. I
doctor painful situation. It reaffirmed her
acknowledged also exemplified the feelings, saying
her pain and empathy he felt for that I would feel
spoke to her in her for the measures the same in her
an he took to situation and let
understanding accommodate her. her express her
voice. Taking in thoughts to me
account her that she was
difficulty to unable to share
speak without with her family.
pain, he gave
her more closed
questions which
can be answered
with a shake or
nod of the head.
During my work Observation and Being attentive to Changing the topic
experience, in a Patient focused patient’s needs both of conversation
consultation, the care and treatment wise and in when friends seem
consultant Conscientiousness terms of nervous or not
noticed that the comfortability whilst included/unable to
patient was quite delivering a service, relate can tell by
anxious as she improves quality of tense body
was very fidgety care and can show to language and
and looked the patient that you them becoming
around quite a truly care for the quiet
bit. To support patient;s wellbeing
her, he brought and in turn improves
in a nurse to the doctor-patient
hold her hand relationship
during her
endoscopy.
Consultant used Deductive skills, Sometimes, patients In my MPQ, I read
results from data analysis, may not know the and analysed
examination handling large importance of various different
using an amounts of information so may sources to come to
endoscope, information not report conditions a conclusion about
physical that they feel has no the extent to
examination of effect or they may be which institutional
neck, patient judged for, being able racism affects
giving their to deduct conditions sexual and
history and from other sources of reproductive
reading past information, and outcomes, I looked
medical history, using multiple at data regarding
from the drugs sources to come to a reproductive
she was diagnosis outcomes in
prescribed I.e. different countries
diazepam, the US, UK and
fluoxetine which Nigeria and came
he discovered to the conclusion
that she had that in developed
depression and countries racism is
that was more influential
resulting in
globus sensation
In the care Patience, Empathy Improving quality of I read with
home, resident life is not just done children during an
kept asking the by providing physical outreach
carer for the treatment, it also programme in my
time repetitively, facilitated by a good school, which
although I’m bedside manner and required patience
sure that others being mindful of the in listening to the
placed in that patient. Some patient children read and
situation would who are receiving answering their
have been palliative care or are many questions
annoyed, recovering may need about meaning of
however they this act of kindness to words or
continue to tell feel better or pronunciations as I
her the time and respected was at a higher
avoided skill level of
reminding them reading than them
that they had
asked before