A Difficult Doctor-Patient Interaction
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Answer the question
A Difficult Doctor-Patient Interaction
Describe a difficult interaction you observed between a doctor and a patient.
Likely follow-ups
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What did the doctor do well or poorly?
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What would you have done differently?
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How did the patient appear to feel afterwards?
Your answer
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Resources & frameworks
- Reflect, don’t report: what you saw → what it taught you → how it shapes you.
- Tell stories with STARR: Situation, Task, Action, Result, Reflection.
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- Be tactful - don't name people or hospitals. Frame it as 'I observed an interaction...'
- Identify a specific lever: the doctor's use of jargon, body language, time pressure, third-party in the room.
- Show you understood the constraints (time, workload, prior consultation history) rather than just judging.
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Mark yourself
Score each skill against the rubric, then add a line of evidence. Scale:
0Not shown1Limited2Good3Excellent
Quick mark:Completion: 0%
Empathy
0/3Read the patient as well as the doctor
Reflection
0/3Analyses without scapegoating
Communication
0/3Handles a delicate observation
Insight
0/3Aware of system pressures
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Reflect & score
What would you change next time?
Your overall score / 10
Total: 0/12(Core 0/6 • Extra 0/6 • Score 0/10)
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