Scenario A11.

An Exercise Physiologist closes off an exercise plan with a woman who is in pain, and is aggressive and unhappy about undertaking the plan because she can't see any progress. 

Scenario A12.

A Nuclear Medicine technologist closes off an examination (PET scan) of an elderly woman who is lonely and concerned about her treatment, and wants to talk about her deceased husband.

Scenario B1.

An Occupational Therapist approaches a busy Medical Officer to request that she consider postponing the discharge of a patient who needs an extra day of therapy.  

Scenario B2.

An busy Ambulance Officer approaches a Radiographer to transfer a patient who needs an x-ray.

Scenario B3.

A somewhat unprepared Sonographer interrupts a Radiologist on the phone. She eventually asks him to talk to a patient regarding the results of a DVT scan, to which he responds rudely. 

Scenario B4.

An Exercise Physiologist interrupts a Nurse attending to a patient and demands time with the patient.

Scenario B5. 

An Allied Health team case conference about an elderly male patient suffering from Alzheimer's, including the Registered Nurse (RN), the Occupational Therapist, the Physiotherapist, and the Geriatrician. 

Scenario B6.

A bedside cardiac handover involving an Allied Health team, including a Cardiac Surgeon, a Cardiac Sonographer, a Physiotherapist, a Paediatric Nurse and a Pharmacist, in consultation with the patient, a female child, and her mother. 

A map for introducing aspects of clinical communication into the curriculum

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