Weekly Clinical Communication Student Name: For the week of [date] – [date] (Click on ‘date’ and a

Weekly Clinical Communication

Student Name:

For the week of [date] – [date]

(Click on ‘date’ and a drop down calendar will appear.)

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……

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
?

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 . . .