Name

How Strong Are Your Exam-Room Skills?

Today's reason plus a quick look at their last visit.

Reason for visit, previous notes, medications, vaccines, what's due and anything that needs follow-up.

“Is she eating and drinking normally?”

I start running through my usual symptom questions.

“Tell me more about what you've noticed.”

I kind of wing it and hope I don't miss anything.

I have a rough routine but it changes depending on the day.

I follow the same general flow most of the time.

I have a consistent system I follow with every single patient.

Almost never — I have a system for catching everything.

I have a pretty consistent way of taking notes.

I use an organized system so I can capture history, medications, client concerns and DVM requests in one place.

Sometimes—especially when we're slammed.

I'm new to this and want to know exactly what I should be asking.

I know what I'm doing, but when we're busy I sometimes forget things.

I'm good at taking histories, but I want to be faster and more organized.

I have a solid system and I'm looking for ways to make it even better.