I've just begun my women's health prac and have realised how invaluable our body language/non verbal skills can be, especially when trying to teach a new mum about pelvic floor exercises when English is not her first language. The hospital has a good resource file of pamphlets in languages other than English, but despite reading these pamphlets most mums look at me blankly afterwards.
I've thoroughly enjoyed miming and using my hands to teach these ladies pelvic floor exercises, as have the nursing and medical staff who walk past the room and seen my performance too!
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Hi Lisa,
Well, it certainly sounds interesting, you should show us all one day the miming and hand movements you've been doing, because I'd really like to see that. It just goes to show that we have to be prepared to make ourselves look stupid at times for the benefit of the patient. I suppose that it would also give the patient something to laugh about, which would also help to increase rapport, and the patient would probably be more likely to remember it as well!
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