Wk 25 & 26 Lifestyle Counselling - Student slides.pptx

WEE K 29 & 30 Public Health – Lifestyle Counselling Slide 1 of 21 PHA113 MPharm WEE K 29 & 30 Learning Outcomes • To understand the importance of communication skills for pharmacists • To review tools to help structure your consultation • To understand the importance of interpreting results...

WEE K 29 & 30 Public Health – Lifestyle Counselling Slide 1 of 21 PHA113 MPharm WEE K 29 & 30 Learning Outcomes • To understand the importance of communication skills for pharmacists • To review tools to help structure your consultation • To understand the importance of interpreting results/readings and relaying this to the patient • To be familiar with advice given to patients relating to different public health topics 2 PHA113 MPharm WEE K 29 & 30 Summer Assessment • Lifestyle counselling OSCE station • Based on the content of the public health lectures from semester 1 • Two public health topics will be covered in this OSCE station, EITHER • Weight management OR • Blood pressure analysis 3 PHA113 MPharm WEE K 29 & 30 Global Communication Score • Your communication will be marked across all 4 OSCE stations • In each OSCE station you will be scored out of 5 for: • Verbal communication skills • Fluency, tone, terminology, rate of speech • Non-verbal communication skills • Eye contact, body language/posture, confidence, use of silence • Attentiveness to patient needs/empathy • Degree of focus, logic and coherence • Overall performance 4 PHA113 MPharm WEE K 29 & 30 What does good communication look like? • Introduce yourself, and explain your role to the patient. • “Hello my name is xxxxx, and I am a level 1 pharmacy student” • Wash your hands • Get the patient to confirm their name and age • “Can you confirm your name and age for me please?” • Explain the nature of the interview and gain consent • “The purpose of this consultation is………. Are you ok to continue?” 5 PHA113 MPharm WEE K 29 & 30 What does good communication look like? • Be confident and clear when discussing the issue and your solution/advice • Organise the information provided to the patient • Check patient’s understanding • Use clear, easily understood language and avoid medical jargon 6 PHA113 MPharm WEE K 29 & 30 Weight Management Cases • You will be supplied with the patient notes which will include their BMI • You will need to: • correctly tell the patient what category their BMI falls into • correctly explain the health risks associated with being overweight/obese (critical fail point) • advise the patient on recommended calorie intake for the day • give advice on exercise specific to the patient • give advice on diet specific to the patient • Critical fail point means if you do not cover this point, you will automatically fail the OSCE 7 PHA113 MPharm WEE K 29 & 30 Hypertension Cases • You will be supplied with the patient notes which will include their clinic blood pressure reading • You will need to: • correctly interpret the blood pressure results and inform the patient of the stage of hypertension • Correctly explain the health risks associated with high blood pressure (critical fail point) • discuss one non-modifiable risk factor that the patient has that puts them at increased risk of high blood pressure • discuss two modifiable risk factors that the patient has that puts them at increased risk of high blood pressure • Critical fail point means if you do not cover this point, you will automatically fail the OSCE 8 PHA113 MPharm WEE K 29 & 30 Critical Fail Points 9 PHA113 MPharm WEE K 29 & 30 Group Discussion • Discuss in your groups: • What the health risks are associated with hypertension and obesity • How to give accurate information without scaring the patient 10 PHA113 MPharm WEE K 29 & 30 11 Health Risks Associated With…. Hypertension Obesity/Overweight • Heart attacks • Strokes • Chronic kidney disease • Heart failure • Vascular dementia • Type 2 diabetes • Coronary heart disease • Cancer • Stroke • Sleep apnoea • Pregnancy complications PHA113 MPharm WEE K 29 & 30 Practice • You should practice holding a consultation with a patient using the cases provided. • There are 4 cases on for each topic • Ensure you get enough practice with each type Set up • Split into groups of 3: • Person 1: Patient • Person 2: Pharmacist • Person 3: Marker/time keeper 6 minutes per case 12 PHA113 MPharm