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Communication: Verbal and Nonverbal

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Aggressive   the practice of using a bold or pushy style when trying to convince the other person to agree with you.  
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Assertive   the practice of declaring a point in a positive manner.  
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Assessment   evaluation  
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Condescending   assume an air of superiority  
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Defensive Behavior   conscious or unconscious reaction to a perceived threat  
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empathy   the ability to imagine how another person is feeling  
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feedback   any response to a communication  
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nonverbal communication   the information conveyed by the way a person acts over and above (or in place of the message conveyed by his words.  
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open-ended questions   questions which require an explanatory answer rather than a yes or no response.  
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reflecting   directing the conversation back to the patient by repeating the words. Also called mirroring  
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restating   directing the conversation back to the patient by stating what the patient has said in different terms.  
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sympathy   feeling sorry for a patient  
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Low level richness   -formal written documents-Fax-E-mail-Internet  
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Lowest level richness   -formal numeric document (budget report)  
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Moderate level richness   -Written letters/memos (individual addressed)  
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High level richness   -telephone conversation  
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Highest level richness   -face-to-face discussion  
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S-M-C-R   SourceMessageChannelReceiver  
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Name the 2 skills   Technical skillsInterpersonal skills  
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Closed Statement   Direct patient to make a yes/no or simple response.  
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Acknowledgement   Indicate understanding  
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Add to an implied statement   Verbalized implied information.Patient:"I'm usually relaxed"MA:"And toay you're not relaxed"  
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Seek clarification   Request more information in order to better understand  
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Silence   Remain silent or make no gesture in response to statement  
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Directive Comunnication Techniques   Open StatementClosed, StatementReflectingAcknowledgement, Restating, Add to an implied statement, Seek ClarificationSilence  
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HIPPA   The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is a federal act designed to improve portability and continuity of health insurance coverage;  
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Passive listening   listining without offering any response  
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Active Listening   involves your participation by offering feedback to the speaker by asking questions or giving response.  
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Evaluation listening   a vital skill for the medical assitant. Type of listening requires being able to make a judgement about what you are hearing and to respond quickly.  
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Obviouse Barriers   Distract of loud background noisenot understanding how patient speaks due to accent  
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Other Barriers   not looking at patient, when patient is speakinginterrupting patientabruptly changing the subjectusing meaningless statement to soothe patient  
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Compensation   Substitution of an attitude, feeling, or behavior with its opposite  
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Denial   Unconsciously avoiding an unwanted feeling or situation  
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Displaced Anger   Expressing angry feelings toward a persons or object which are unrelated to the problem  
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Disassociation   Not connecting one event with another  
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Introjection   Adopting the feelings of someone else  
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Projection   Placing your own feelings onto another person  
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Rationalization   Justifying thoughts or behavior to avoud the truth  
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Regression   Turning back to former behavior patterns in times of stress  
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Repression   Keeping unpleasant thoughts or feelings out of one's mind  
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Sublimation   Directing or changing unacceptable drives for security, affection and/or power into socially or culturally acceptable channels  
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Patients with special needs   Require some extra sensivity, patience, and emphaty  
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"White coat" syndrome   Whenever some patients have to entcounter anyone in a white uniform, they become extremly anxious  
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Terminally Ill Patient   A terminal ilness is one that is expected to end in death  
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Types of patients   Angry patientAnxious patientPatient with special needsVisoullay impaired patientHearing impaired patientterminally ill patientReligious, cultural, and personal experience patientMentally/Emotionally patientNon-English speaking patient  
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