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Undervaluing Patient Self-Reported Symptoms - Coggle Diagram
Undervaluing Patient Self-Reported Symptoms
Main Actors
Medical Professional
Ego
Interpersonal Skills
Ability to trust patient (or a lack of)
Education
Intimidation
Patient
Knowledge
Confidence
Communication Skills
Education
Multiple Multi-Way Interdependencies Among These Actors and Structures/Processes
It is difficult of a medical professional to diagnose an illness or an injury without the patients self-reported symptoms.
Besides major conditions where the patient is unconscious, the medical professional rely on the self-reported symptoms from the patient to begin their strategy to test, diagnose, and treat.
The patient typically goes to see the medical professional to seek their perspective or professional opinion on their condition
Barriers of Integrated Care
At times medical professionals will undervalue the patients self-reported symptoms or condition based on what they can objectively see/test.
A medical professionals ego
The patient is not communicating their symptoms effectively to the medical professional
Lack of education or knowledge
The general public tends to rely on "Google" to diagnose them
The sex of the patient
Would a female be overlooked?
Doctor might not be asking the right questions
Some medical professionals do not continue their learning
Not up to date with current practices and treatments
have become comfortable with their diagnosis', treatments etc..
Can be hesitant to update their knowledge
Enablers of Integrated Care
Patient expresses confidence when addressing the medical professional
Medical professionals could improve on asking better questions when with a patient
Medical professionals should understand that even though they are the expert, the patient is the expert of their body and they should trust what the patient is saying
Stay away from google for medical diagnosis
Involve communication and interpersonal skills into med-school