David Elkin
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521 appearances
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1 series
first heard Nov 2021
last heard Nov 2021
David Elkin’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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They're trying to take on a professional mantle and we all feel
imposter syndrome and we think that if we just act like a healthcare provider, then the rest will follow, hopefully.
And it's a little bit scary to just enter into a conversation with a patient in a more casual tone.
But I've reminded myself that all those things are possible.
And I still manage to get
the data and be thorough.
I leave myself five minutes at the end and I'll say, okay, here are some things we haven't talked about, but I just want to check about have you been feeling depressed?
Have you ever felt the opposite of depression where you felt manic?
Have you ever had psychotic symptoms?
Have you felt suicidal?
And I'll remind the patient, I'm just trying to be thorough and here are the things that I forgot.
And having that gives me a sense of confidence
comfort because I know that I can quickly and efficiently come back to the checklist if I need to.
But I'm also amazed at how often I realize I've gotten most of the information just from talking casually with the patient and just by being in the room with them.
And it just makes it so much more interesting and lively.
And I love that.
But I also want to be clear, there are times when I get thrown off and I get flustered and I retreat back into the checklist and I get very officious, like I'm the doctor here, I need to know what's going on.
And for the most part, patients don't necessarily respond well to that.
I think about the basic tools maybe being the first of all for me the story that I want to get the patient's story.
I want to know who the patient is.
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