Introducing Tina Jones to your Class (Health
Assessment)
Here at Shadow Health, we offer assistance for instructors and students. However, we have found
... [Show More] the biggest factor that affects the success of courses is you. Our goal is to set you up for success, particular at the pivotal moment of introducing your class to this new technology.
The following resource is meant as a best practice for introducing your class to Tina Jones and for previewing each week’s assignment in Shadow Health.
Table of Contents
I. First Day of Class Presentation – Introduction to Tina Jones
II. Weekly Assignment Introductions
a.Health History
b.HEENT
c. Respiratory
d.Cardiovascular
e.Abdominal
f. Musculoskeletal
g.Neurological
h.Skin, Hair, and Nails
i. Focused Exam: Cough
j. Focused Exam: Chest Pain
k. Focused Exam: Abdominal Pain
l. Comprehensive Assessment
First Day of Class Presentation – Introduction to Tina Jones
The following resource is meant as a best practice for introducing your class to Tina Jones on the first day of class. Our best practice is to load an assignment with Tina Jones so that you can demonstrate the ease of interaction with her and our other virtual patients.
We have supplementary materials to help give your students on overview of Shadow Health. Here is a video of an instructor modeling and explaining best practices on how to introduce Shadow Health to students, https://youtu.be/Vs0F3huCMc0?t=43m26s. You can download her PowerPoint slides and other resources by visiting this link, http://frc.shadowhealth.com/spring-2016-updates-webinar-fantastic-first-dayworkshop/.
We will cover in-depth the following steps for conducting this presentation:
1) Sign into your Shadow Health instructor account
2) Select an assignment to try as a student
3) Download the Unity Web Player
4) Model virtual patient communication strategies
a) Greeting your patient
b) Asking open ended questions – reason for visit
c) Providing clarification
d) Asking specific questions and providing context – ER medication
e) Asking additional open-ended questions – current status and medical history
f) Providing patient empathy
g) Asking specific questions – past medical history
h) Providing patient education
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1. Sign into your Shadow Health instructor account
You will need to be signed into your Shadow Health instructor account in order to load an assignment in class. [Show Less]