Medical Assistant Prep / Unit 11 MAS 270 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Open and Focused Questions
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The idea
A good history combines open-ended questions with focused ones.
In practice
Open questions such as "Tell me more about that" let the patient explain; focused questions such as "Did the pain start before or after eating?" pin down specific details.
Where people slip
Use focused questions to fill in details the patient has raised, not to steer them toward an answer.
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