Brush with Fame
This topic was very important, because we as doctors and nurse never know who is listening to us and we discuss to many health related information out in the open. We must at all times remember the HIPPA act.
Sherry, thi is a hard concept in the world we live in today. The news is filled with stories of famous and non famous people and privacy is a herd concept to those who have not seen it modeled.
Michele Deck
I have had a very hard time trying to get my students to understand that they cannot discuss patients with others especially outside the clinic. this it an excerise that I can really use to get that point across.
Stacey,I'm so glad you are sharing the benefits here in your chat with a "Brush with Fame." I appreciate it.
Michele Deck
A Brush with Fame not only kept my students aware of HIPAA violations, it helped me to stay on top of my Ps and Qs.
I agree, because most of the times, students forget how important is to learn about HIPPA.
Deidra, it is good that you see the importance of confidentiality and that you are stressing its importance to your learners.
Michele Deck
As a nurse that has work in the field for many years I have seen HIPPA broken so many time before. I never talk about work out in the open. As a patient I have also watch doctors, nurses, and many other health care work violent HIPPA act on me as a patient. I always tell the students where I talk at you never know who is listening when you are discussing private information. In addition make they treat all medical information as confident as possible. When in dealt they need to ask a supervisor.
Maryrose, I have never heard this example, but it is an excellent one to share to stress HIPAA>
Michele Deck
Between teaching and working resource at a local hospital, there is a huge difference when discussing clinical or surgical procedures within the classroom or walking the halls of the hospital. You could use a case in class and your students will no idea of "when" these events occured. You have some wiggle room in the classroom. However, while working at the hospital you will hear little to no discussion of any kind pertaining to a patient. The powers that be set up a "sting operation" posing as a patient while walking throughout local hospitals to see if employees were keeping to HIPPA. 10 people were fired from a different hospital in our area and I'm happy to report no one lost their jobs at my hospital. I use this example when ever possible.
Stacey, thank you for sharing this idea. It is a great way to teach peers the right practice of HIPAA.
Michele Deck
To reinforce HIPAA:
Any time my students began to devulge unnecessary information, usually when they are having a distracting sidebar conversation, their classmates will blurt out HIPAA Violation!!! to remind them to only discuss necesarry information along with redirecting the classmate back on task.
Yes, I can definitely see how this would excite and confuse the situation, because on one hand they desire to see something abnormal for their own learning experience and to break up the monotony of the scans, and we are also trying to teach our students the importance of HIPPA violations and protecting our patients.
I found the exercise, Brush with Fame, very interesting since it is often very exciting to meet a star or someone we regard in high regard and forget that it may be a infringement on some basic rights of protection.
Emphasizing the importance of privacy is very important. The Brush with Fame exercise is a great way to help the students realize that they have to control their excitement and urges to share their experiences with others in work related scenerios. It helps them differentiate between their casual recreational activities and their work related activities.
WENDY, thank you so much for sharing your real world student examples. I can see how this is a challenge for them in their excitement.
Michele Deck
I AGREE THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC FOR STUDENTS. I TEACH IN A SONOGRAPHY PROGRAM. OUR JOB AS A PART OF THE HEALTHCARE TEAM IS TO IMAGE PATHOLOGY. WHEN STUDENTS GET TO THE CLINICAL SETTING AND PARTICIPATE IN REAL TIME SCANS THEY GET VERY EXCITED. IF THEY ACTUAL OBTAIN IMAGES WITH PATHOLOGY FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME THEY HAVE A MOMENT OF INSANITY FORGETTING ABOUT THE DEVASATED PATIENT AND THEIR FAMILY. DURING THE BEGINNING OF THE THEIR CLINICAL ROTATIONS, WE ARE CONSTANTLY REMINDING THEM OF THE IMPORTANCE OF NOT DISCUSSING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION NO MATTER HOW EXCITED YOU ARE ABOUT THE PATHOLOGY.
A COUPLE OF STUDENTS HAVE EVEN SCANNED THEIR NEIGHBORS. MAINTAING PATIENT CONFIDENTIALITY IS TOUGH FOR STUDENTS. THIS IS A GREAT DISCUSSION AND TOOL FOR TEACHING.
Depersonalizing the procedures for the intent of teaching is acceptable for discussion with students.
I have found that it is best to not discuss a procedure I was working on because someone could put things together and find out that I may have been on a loved ones surgery.
As a student, they do not have the knowledge yet to know not to discuss patients outside of operating room. I need to inform the students that you may discuss the procedure here at school but please do not bring any patient info.
Hippa is very much important ikn the healthcare field. As a CST it can be hard to not discuss certain procedures that may have been performed that day.
