Shadowing Assessment

Name:

Today's Date:

Part 1: Etiquette, HIPAA and Confidentiality

During a shadowing experience, your dress and appearance should be professional. Read each statement below and check all items that would be inappropriate dress for shadowing.

Shorts

Nose jewelry

Jeans

Low rise pants

Flip flops

T–shirt

Long hair worn down

Sports jersey

Slacks

Skirt without hose

Tennis shoes with socks

Sandals

Read each question below. Select all correct answers for each question below.

When contacting a possible Shadowing Site you should:

Send an email introducing yourself and request to set up a shadowing experience

Telephone the site office and arrange an initial visit

Stop by the possible site office whenever you have a few minutes in your schedule for a visit

All are appropriate methods for contacting a site

HIPAA is a federal law that:

Requires confidentiality

Protects the rights of patients to privacy

Promotes a standardized method for electronic records

Limits how personal information can be used

All of the above are correct

Which of the statements below are in violation of HIPAA?

Discussing patients after the shadowing experience is complete

Discussing patient information with the professional I am shadowing

Answering questions about a recent visit with a patient outside of the medical facility

If I see someone I know in the hospital/clinic, it is permissible to

Ask why they are here

Say hello, but ask no further questions

Tell another student shadowing that I saw my friend

It is not permissible to speak to my friend when shadowing

The only exception to patient confidentiality is that I can tell:

My parents that their friend is in the hospital, but give no additional information

My friend that a classmate was in the ER with a fracture

The school nurse that one of my classmates is contagious

Another shadowing student about the patient I observed

There is no exception

HIPAA Law applies to:

Health–care providers

Volunteers

Shadowing students

Health care students

All of the above

Consequences for breaking patient confidentially can be:

A fine

Time spent in jail/prison

Loss of shadowing privileges

Minimal depending on the information shared

Describe a sample situation that might make it difficult for you to maintain confidentiality and what you will do to prevent breaking HIPAA laws.

Part 2: Self Reflection

What will I wear when I shadow a professional? (be specific)

What questions do I want to make sure I ask?

Who do I know that could help me obtain shadowing opportunities?

How will I safely keep track of phone numbers, contact information, and scheduling details?

What is my email address? Is it appropriate and professional?

Is my voicemail professional? Do I have caller tunes?

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