Physician Observation

Overall, I really enjoyed the opportunity to observe the physician’s encounters with her patients. I found it very interesting that depending on the type of illness the physician used completely different models of asking questions and decision making. I also realized that physicians, especially Pediatricians, have to be very versatile because they not only have to be adept at communicating with patients of different ages, but they must also be able to communicate well with the patient's’ parents. From my experience, I realized that not only do many of the concepts that we discussed in class this year apply to the real-life interactions of physicians and their patients, but also that each and every patient encounter is different and unique,