PA Patients with Disabilities as Teachers Post-Training Questionnaire

Disability Etiquette Questionnaire

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* 1. When interacting with a patient with any type of disability, it is important that the healthcare personnel address the patient and not only the caregiver, even if the patient is nonverbal.

True

False

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* 2. Physicians and healthcare professionals should sit down when talking to patients in wheelchairs in order to be at eye level with the patient, so as not to have the patient strain in looking up.

True

False

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* 3. It is appropriate to pet or play with a guide dog that comes in with a patient to a doctor’s office.

True

False

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* 4. When interacting with a patient who is blind, it is very important to introduce oneself upon entering the exam room and also when leaving the room.

True

False

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* 5. It is appropriate to ask a person with speech difficulty to repeat what he/she says (rather than pretend to understand) and to paraphrase it if necessary.

True

False

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* 6. When interacting with a person with a disability one must use the ‘person first language.’

True

False