WEEK 2: Chapters 10, 11, 12
Chapter 10 – Human Diversity
- Define human diversity.
- List some of the human diversity characteristics.
- Describe the human diversity traits of age, ethnicity or national origin, race, gender or sexual orientation, and mental and physical ability.
- Name the values that are prescribed to U.S. mainstream culture.
- List the elements associated with cultural competency.
- Discuss valuing diversity.
- Know the empathetic practices that help foster cultural insight and produce improved outcomes.
- Describe the six areas of human diversity that health care providers need to understand to provide high-quality and effective care.
- Discuss ways in which professional medical imaging organizations have expressed valuing human diversity.
Chapter 11 – Patient Interactions
- Identify qualities needed to be a caring radiologic technologist.
- Specify needs that cause people to enter radiologic technology as a profession.
- Discuss general needs that patients may have according to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.
- Relate differences between the needs of inpatients and those of outpatients.
- Explain why patient interaction is important to patients, as well as their family and friends.
- Analyze effective methods of communicating with patients of various ages.
- Explain appropriate interaction techniques for various types of patients.
- Discuss considerations of the physical changes of aging with regard to radiologic procedures.
- Discuss appropriate methods of responding to terminally ill patients.
Chapter 12 – History Taking
- Describe the role of the radiologic technologist in taking patient clinical histories.
- Describe the desirable qualities of a good patient interviewer.
- Differentiate objective from subjective data.
- Explain the value of each of the six categories of questions useful in obtaining patient histories.
- Describe the importance of clarifying the chief complaint.
- Detail the important elements of each of the sacred seven elements of the clinical history.
