The medical interview – building the relationship

Communication topics:
Empathy/relationship building

Purpose of tool:
Experiential work on building the relationship, developing rapport, acceptance, empathy, support and sensitivity

Brief description:
To continue initiation and gathering information, to focus particularly on building the relationship by looking at slightly more difficult situations that the students may already have experienced or might find themselves in at some time in the future, situations in which the patient displays emotion or asks difficult questions, to start to explore closure - to explore what students can offer the patient, especially if they discover significant previously un-revealed patient information e.g. patient's ICE