Now that you have more experience in practicing your casework, we will review the art of case taking – how to ask the right questions in order to acquire the details you need to prescribe most accurately.
In Module 2’s Taking the Case: Keys to Case Taking, Case Analysis, and Symptomatology, we discussed the importance of structure during a case intake, including the physical setting, intake forms, a formalized homeopathic work-up, symptom classification, and analysis. We will now build on this case taking foundation, with an in-depth exploration of how to ask the right questions to gain the most accurate information from your clients. This vital information is ultimately what the patient’s prescription will be based on; thus maximizing the intake’s potential enhances clinical success.
While letting the client talk is a good way to begin, but we might need to take the reins and guide the client into the detailed thinking necessary to complete our evaluation, both during our intake or at our follow-ups. Clarify, qualify, and quantify! Our technique depends on the type of client, as we endeavor to enlarge upon their experience and observations of their animal. This lecture will discuss the important touch-points for our patients, with specific species examples for dogs, cats, and horses, so that our case records and the data upon which our prescriptions rely are as complete as possible.
