Good Physician/Bad Physician: Got Any Examples?

02/17/10 -- 12:31 PM

DDNA has received a request from Dr. Rick Rader, who is planning for a Special Olympics Clinical Symposium (in conjunction with the University of Nebraska School of Medicine) that will be held at the upcoming National Games. The title of the symposium is: "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Clinician Interface with Patients with Intellectual Disabilities." It would be appreciated if you, as an I/DD nurse, could provide examples of the "best" and the "worst" examples of physician/dentist interpersonal skills and actions that you have seen during their care of individuals with I/DD. No names, please! Dr. Rader wants to create a series of vignettes in which these best and worst interpersonal skills will be displayed for medical students (with accompanying discussions). This is your chance to influence the education of future physicians -- because they may be caring for your individuals in the near future. Please send your examples to contact@ddna.org. DDNA will forward them to Dr. Rader after removing all identifying information about you, so your submission will be completely confidential. Thanks for helping with this project! DDNA