Unit 5 Weekly Clinical Communication
Weekly Clinical Communication
Student Name:
For the week of [date] – [date]
(Click on ‘date’ and a drop down calendar will appear.)
| Clinical Hours completed this week | Patient Encounters completed this week | ||
| Total Clinical Hours completed to date | Total Approved Patient Encounters completed to date |
Clinical Highlights
Choose one or more of the following to guide your self-reflection of your experience this week. Do not report on an extended SOAP note patient. The reflection should be a minimum of 100 to 150 words.
· Discuss an encounter that was particularly interesting and what you learned from it?
· Discuss a difficult or challenging encounter and how you handled it?
· Discuss an example of how you were able to independently contribute to this week’s encounters?
· Were there any patient management plans developed by your preceptor that surprised you?
· Were you able to “teach” your preceptor anything this week?
· Identify a personal learning need you discovered while assessing or managing a specific diagnosis. What steps will you take to improve your understanding or skills?
· What insights did you gain during your experience this week that will prove most helpful for future encounters?
· What personal success do you want to celebrate?
· If I could have a do over, I would have done this instead……
| Discussion | Type your response here – |
Looking Ahead
· What clinical goal would you like to tackle next week ?
· What is your proposed clinical schedule (date/time/total hours) for next week ?
| Discussion | Type your response here – |
I am going to email/message you to further discuss … (Optional)
· Reviewing a challenging patient encounter.
· Challenges/concerns with my preceptor and/or my clinical site.
· The absence of the application of EBP/CPGs in the clinical setting.
· Challenges with gaining access to enough patients in the required age range.
· Challenges with gaining access to a wide variety of diagnoses for the course population.
· Incorrect action(s) taken by me at the clinical site.
· Locating resources to assist with my clinical experience.
· Anything else . . .
| Topic to Discuss | If any, type your response here – |