9/9/09

In clinic we learned all about the health history forms and filling it out correctly. This is a legal form and it is very important that we don't make any mistakes on it. I think it is great that we go into so much depth on each persons health history. Some patients don't think that a knee joint replacement would have anything to do with going to the dentist and may find it unecessary to tell. At Weber State we are more aware of the pts. health by having them fill out the questionare and doing an interview. We would never miss that important medical alert. I also think it is a great idea to stamp the pts. chart and putting medical alerts in the corner of the health history. This will be very useful when seeing the pt. for a second time. It was very helpful to fill out the health history of our pod partner, and I think the case study will be good practice. I hope to learn all the abbreviations and the technical terms we should be using as hygienist. I'm really slow at doing health histories now, but I'm sure with studying and practice I will get the hang of it. I'm sure I will be uncomfortable the first time I actually have to interview a patient and look up medications. I think acting this out in class will be very good for us as students.