MEDRADSC 1F03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Lip Reading

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Medical Radiation Sciences
• Course: MEDRADSC 1F03
• Professor: Tara Blaszynski

Document Summary

Receiver: be listening and open, maybe they don"t know english, maybe they are in pain and do not know how to respond, need to decode message and possible ask questions. The end goal of communication is understanding and to complete primary and secondary goals. Primary goals: proximal to the purpose of the specific patient professional interaction; ie. gather information, make decisions, informed consent; ie. physically (get a gown on) Secondary goals: bi-product of effect communication; ie. reduced anxiety as a result of interaction. Enabling: elements that affect the ability to achieve primary goals; building a trusting relationship.