I took a patient history for the first time this morning.
For the sake of both of our sanities, I am thanking God that it was an actor and not a real patient.
I had been told by my friends who have vocational studies on a Tuesday that if I wanted to volunteer for the role plays, I should try to choose the first patient. It took me so long to work up the nerve to volunteer that I ended up choosing the last patient. The blurb we had been given at the beginning of VS identified him as Mr P., a patient who was very laid back about the problems that he had. I’m not sure what definition of ‘laid-back’ they’re using when they write these things, but I expected almost anything other than what I actually got.
Continued here.