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The Productivity Quiz

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Rate Yourself as
The Productive Therapist
Now and Where You Plan to Be.

Score yourself on each of the following characteristics.
Put a indicating where you are now and an X where you want to be..............

Example	.Never .................Sometimes ..............Always
I am as productive as I can be without lowering the quality of my patient care.	1_________2_____________X4________5

Handling Interruptions Throughout My Day	.Never .................Sometimes ..............Always
I have systems to limit interruptions throughout my day	1_________2_________3_________4________5
I notify the office which situations or calls warrant interruptions	1_________2_________3_________4________5
I schedule specific times to return calls	1_________2_________3_________4________5
I schedule specific times to receive calls	1_________2_________3_________4________5
I share clinical techniques only for professional reasons - never for social reasons	1_________2_________3_________4________5
I am able to focus on my clinical care. I am not easily distracted in the clinic	1_________2_________3_________4________5

Scheduling and Organizing My Day	.Never .................Sometimes ..............Always
I schedule my patients in regular time slots when possible	1_________2_________3_________4________5
I am aware of my schedule for the day	1_________2_________3_________4________5
I anticipate discharges and plan accordingly	1_________2_________3_________4________5
I have a system to prioritize my tasks, such as a daily planner	1_________2_________3_________4________5
I prepare at the end of each day for the next day?s activities	1_________2_________3_________4________5
I prepare at the end of each morning for my afternoon activities	1_________2_________3_________4________5

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Structuring My Initial Patient Interactions	.Never .................Sometimes ..............Always
I explain the importance of attendance to each patient at the time of the initial eval	1_________2_________3_________4________5
I do not give patients ?permission? to cancel appointments or fail to show	1_________2_________3_________4________5
I help my patients develop a mental picture of what success in therapy will be for them	1_________2_________3_________4________5
I work with my patients as a partner to them to develop mutual goals	1_________2_________3_________4________5
I negotiate agreement and commitment to our mutual goals with my patients	1_________2_________3_________4________5
I emphasize patient responsibility and the need for a team effort for optimal recovery	1_________2_________3_________4________5

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Structuring My Ongoing Patient Interactions	.Never .................Sometimes ..............Always
I am committed to patient education	1_________2_________3_________4________5
I use educational handouts, demonstrations, and audiovisuals to make my patient teaching more effective	1_________2_________3_________4________5
I personalize handouts for each patient by highlighting those areas most important for that patient	1_________2_________3_________4________5
I back up verbal instruction with written materials	1_________2_________3_________4________5
I determine my patient?s commitment to completion of home programs and to following recommendations	1_________2_________3_________4________5
I ask my patients about their actual success in performing home programs and following recommendations	1_________2_________3_________4________5
I use simple language and avoid jargon and multi syllable words in my explanations to my patients	1_________2_________3_________4________5
I remind myself to listen more and talk less with my patients	1_________2_________3_________4________5
I work to improve my listening skills, including maintaining good eye contact with my patients	1_________2_________3_________4________5

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My Treatment Philosophy	.Never .................Sometimes ..............Always
I emphasize what works rather than any specific set of clinical techniques	1_________2_________3_________4________5
I emphasize the patient?s role in their recovery	1_________2_________3_________4________5
I define quality from the patient?s perspective, not mine	1_________2_________3_________4________5
I define good therapy as what produces the best and quickest results	1_________2_________3_________4________5
I use a tiered approach to patient care, starting with the least costly, least risky treatments when I am unsure of a single, best course of action	1_________2_________3_________4________5

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Meetings	.Never .................Sometimes ..............Always
I attend meetings on time	1_________2_________3_________4________5
I request timed agendas for meetings that I attend	1_________2_________3_________4________5
I participate in meeting effectiveness critiques to improve our meeting processes	1_________2_________3_________4________5

My Documentation	.Never .................Sometimes ..............Always
I complete my notes while I am with the patients	1_________2_________3_________4________5
I use documentation technology to my benefit, not to my detriment	1_________2_________3_________4________5
I keep up with my notes, I rarely fall significantly behind	1_________2_________3_________4________5

My Delegation Style	.Never .................Sometimes ..............Always
I delegate routine or repetitive care	1_________2_________3_________4________5
I communicate with support staff to receive feedback on the patient?s response to treatment	1_________2_________3_________4________5
I use a decision process to decide what, when and to whom to delegate	1_________2_________3_________4________5

Using
The Productivity Quiz

Develop a plan to bridge the gap in where you are and where you want to be.

What actions will you take to change your behaviors and skills as a productive clinician? List them here. ___________________________________________________________________________________
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When do you want to accomplish this? Be specific. ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________
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Who will help and support you as you make these changes?

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Good Luck as you become The Productive Therapist.