January 1, 2017
“Let someone say of a doctor that he really knows his physiology or
anatomy, that he is dynamic – these are real compliments; but if you say he is an observer, a
man who really knows how to see, this is perhaps the greatest compliment one can make.” J.M.
Charcot (1889).
Better observation of patients involves two things: the effort to observe what you want to know
and, to have more knowledge about what you are observing. To gain more knowledge about
what you are observing you have to ask good questions. In this session, participants did
activities in 3 different galleries and were challenged to recognize the importance of good
questioning. Take home messages included reviewing the various types of questions,
diversifying our own questioning technique and seizure the many unexplored advantages of
good questioning in our daily lives.
