Ep. 135 - The 3 things you need for a complete oncology patient history

<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>In PT school, I remember practicing my history-taking skills for HOURS. I was so concerned I was going to miss something, so I interviewed classmates again & again until I felt confident. Well, that confidence went out the window once I started treating patients with cancer.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>It's like when my brain heard "cancer," it just turned off. So I had to basically relearn how to take a history with these patients.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>The good news? The basics are the same. But like with the rest of oncology, the devil is in the details. So in today's episode, we're covering the three parts of an oncology patient history you MUST have for every single patient.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p>