Using the Booklet
Tasks
This section of the training will go through the seven tasks that we would like you to achieve. The tasks are:
- History and examination
- Introduce the booklet
- Addressing concerns
- Discussing natural history
- Exploring expectations
- Discussing self help
- Triggers to re-consult
Some
of the tasks are quite basic and will be things that you are already
doing. Others are likely to be things that you do not usually do. Most
of the tasks involve (or are prompted by) use of the booklet.
We
have called these 'tasks' because it is not essential that they be
carried out in the order in which they are presented. 'Addressing
concerns' for example, is presented after 'History and exam', as we
wanted to demonstrate how you can use the booklet to remind you to ask
about the parent's main concerns. However, many clinicians will want to
ask about the parent's concerns while taking the history, and before the
examination.
There is no one right way to conduct these
consultations. Different clinicians will have different styles, and we
are not trying to suggest that the videos are demonstrating the 'right'
or the 'best' way of achieving each task. For some of the tasks we
present a few suggested 'lines'. Ways of saying things that some have
found helpful. Again, it is up to you how you address each of the tasks,
and you may like to try out different approaches, or 'lines', and see
which feels most comfortable. What we do ask, is that in each of these
consultations, you attempt to achieve each of the seven tasks.