2. Common Communication Mistakes Health Care Practitioners Make From: “Lessons from medicine and nursing for pharmacist-patient communication”, Am Jour of Health System Pharmacists, Vol. 53, June 1996, pages 1306-14.
10. When will I need patient assessment or clinical interviewing skills?
11. The Pharmacy Care Process Collect and use patient information Identify patients’ drug related problems Develop solutions to these problems Select and recommend therapies Follow up to assess patient outcomes
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13. We want to differentiate assessment and interviewing from counseling – but the same skills apply. One of the primary differences is documentation.
14. Questions asked in the background of the pharmacists mind while conducting patient assessment activities: