Question

1. Which of the following is true about patient/provider communication:

1. 	1.	Many times providers do not get feedback when a treatment does not work.
   	2.	Patients tend to underrate technical quality of care and overrate interpersonal style.
   	3.	Communication tends to be better when the patient and provider are of the same race or ethnicity.
   	4.	All of the above.

2. Symptoms are often interpreted as more serious if they are:

   	1.	Common
   	2.	Painful
   	3.	If they have little interruption to daily life
   	4.	All of the above

3. Ronald was recently diagnosed with Type II Diabetes. He is 28, very athletic, and does not appear overweight (even though his BMI is overweight). Diabetes runs in his family. Ronald does not consider himself like his overweight parents and extended family members with Diabetes. He continues to eat as he always has and does not fill the prescription his doctor gave him. Ronald is using what maladaptive coping mechanism?

   	1.	Anxiety
   	2.	Depression
   	3.	Denial
   	4.	All of the above

4. Rosa is a cardiologist. She always invites family members of her patients to join appointments. She looks at her patients when speaking and is careful to explain any medical terms she needs to use. She refers her patients to resources to learn more when she recommends a new medication or procedure. She always leaves a lot of time for questions and encourages her patients to contact her between appointments with any concerns. What best describes what Rose is practicing?

   	1.	Patient centered care
   	2.	Shared decision making
   	3.	Good communication
   	4.	Quality health care

Answer 1

1. Which of the following is true about patient/provider communication:

	1.	Many times providers do not get feedback when a treatment does not work.
	2.	Patients tend to underrate technical quality of care and overrate interpersonal style.
	3.	Communication tends to be better when the patient and provider are of the same race or ethnicity.
	4.	All of the above.

All the above conditions were true, most of the time providers will not get the feed back when it is not work, because the seekers may be in dilemma or in the cover of the problem, they may not interest to give the feedback

Most of the time patients will under rate the technical quality but over rate the personal interaction, the way he responded to the question etc.

When the patient and the provider is of the same race or ethnicity they will be very much be easy to communicate and get the good care

3. Symptoms are often interpreted as more serious if they are:

	1.	Common
	2.	Painful
	3.	If they have little interruption to daily life
	4.	All of the above

Symptoms often interpreted as more serious if they are painful, because it will very much discomfort for the patient

4. Ronald was recently diagnosed with Type II Diabetes. He is 28, very athletic, and does not appear overweight (even though his BMI is overweight). Diabetes runs in his family. Ronald does not consider himself like his overweight parents and extended family members with Diabetes. He continues to eat as he always has and does not fill the prescription his doctor gave him. Ronald is using what maladaptive coping mechanism?

	1.	Anxiety
	2.	Depression
	3.	Denial
	4.	All of the above

Denial , it is a kind of coping mechanism in which he denies the truth

5. Rosa is a cardiologist. She always invites family members of her patients to join appointments. She looks at her patients when speaking and is careful to explain any medical terms she needs to use. She refers her patients to resources to learn more when she recommends a new medication or procedure. She always leaves a lot of time for questions and encourages her patients to contact her between appointments with any concerns. What best describes what Rose is practicing?

	1.	Patient centered care
	2.	Shared decision making
	3.	Good communication
	4.	Quality health care

It can be shared decision making, here the cardiologist discuss everything and ask the patient and family also to read before starting a new medicine