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The document provides instructions for making questions more gentle when interacting with patients by prefacing questions with phrases like "Can you tell me..." and suggestions for completing sentences about medical procedures and examinations in a gentler way by using optional phrases like "if you can", "for me", and "please". It also includes exercises on identifying open-ended versus closed questions and describing potential side effects using "may" or "can". The overall document focuses on communicating with patients in a respectful manner.

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Test Med

The document provides instructions for making questions more gentle when interacting with patients by prefacing questions with phrases like "Can you tell me..." and suggestions for completing sentences about medical procedures and examinations in a gentler way by using optional phrases like "if you can", "for me", and "please". It also includes exercises on identifying open-ended versus closed questions and describing potential side effects using "may" or "can". The overall document focuses on communicating with patients in a respectful manner.

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Rewrite the questions to make them more gentle.

Start with Can you tell me ...


1 How long have you had the pain in your chest?
2 Have you ever had an operation before?
3 How long has your back been troubling you?
4 Where does the pain start off?
5 What's the pain like?
6 Where do you get the pain?

Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or the Present Perfect form of the verbs in brackets.

1. Mrs Purnell ___ in hospital for five days now. (be)


2.My husband__an appointment for me with the GP yesterday.(book)
3. Dr Jones has gone. The clinic __at 2 p.m. (finish)
4. The swelling in my leg - a week ago. (begin)
5. How long (you)__this pain now? (have)
6. I (just)_my tenth appendectomy. (perform )
7. I __a referral letter yet. (not receive)
8.I__all the childhood illnesses at an early age.(catch)

Use the words in brackets to make the instructions gentler. Add additional words and change the
punctuation where necessary.
1. Keep your leg still. (I d like / nice / for me / if you can)
2. Tilt your head forward. (could / slightly / for me)
3. Raise your arm a bit more. (now / I d like / for me / if you can)
4. Pop up on the couch. (can /just /for me)
5 Roll up your sleeve. (could / for me / please)
6. Bring your knees up further to the chest / a bit / for me.)
7. Tell me what your date of birth is. (Can / please)
8. Lean forward. (if you can / just / slightly / for me)
9. Move more towards the edge of the trolley. (can / just / a little / for me / please)
10. Stand up. (can / for me / please)

Describe what is contained in a ward round entry.

Use the prompts to make sentences in the Present Simple, active or passive. Use the words in the
order given.
1. procedure / perform / nurse / in / this / practice
2. nurse / use / spray /numb / patient's / throat
3. doctor / repeat / explanation / patient / if / necessary
4. patients / rarely /react / instruments
5. appointments / arrange / receptionist
6. wound / clean
7. painkiller / inject / as / required
8. doctor / explain / procedure / patient
9. syringe / insert / into / the / training / manikin / just / here
10. nurse / examine / patient / first

Explain the anaesthesia procedure

Complete the sentences with may or can Where you think side effects are being pointed out, use
can.
1 In some people, the tablets __make them feel drowsy, so be careful.
2 It looks as if you __react to this tablet as well.
3 Sometimes, this __make people feel dizzy.If that happens, stop taking it.
4 There __ be some bruising after the blood test, but it will go away.
5 With some patients, atenolol penicillin ___cause problems.
6 Simvastatin_ affect the liver, but it __ not happen in your case.
7 The pain is unlikely to go away, but it __just ease a little.
8 Some of these __ cause some mild side effects.

Decide whether the questions are open (O) or closed (C).


1 a How did it come on? ___
b Did it come on suddenly? ___
2 a Do you get tired after physical exercise?__
b Tell me about the pattern of the tiredness. __
3 a Do you sleep OK?___
b What about your sleeping pattern? Can you tell me about that?
4 a You mentioned muscle pain. Can you say something more about that?___
b Do you get pain in your muscles?__
5 a Are your bowels OK?__
b What about your bowels?___
6 a TeII me about your general health?___
b Is your general health OK?___

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