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HELLO, I'M

Sophia Tsiralidis

Nursing & Pre-Med Student.

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Surgical Patient Care

NAT

Las Vegas, Nevada

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About

About

MY BACKGROUND

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With a passion for helping others, volunteering, and all things health related, I have both the skill set and professional background necessary to dive deep into the healthcare world. As an upbeat, self-motivated team player. I love learning new things, and bringing a smile to those in need. In my personal life, I work as a manager for the City of Henderson, and volunteering at the Boulder City hospital. On my free time I enjoy directing the youngest age group of children at the Greek Orthodox Church, and accompany them at the Folk Dance Festival in California. 

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Education & Experience

Research

"Patients seeking cosmetic or reconstructive procedures in plastic surgery typically face significant wait times for consultations. Little attention has been given to potential disparities in wait times between elective cosmetic and reconstructive procedures."

"Mean wait times for breast reconstruction consultation (26.1 days) were significantly longer than mean consultation wait times for breast augmentation (20.9 days). Interestingly, 17.9% of offices contacted no longer perform certain procedures currently advertised on the ASPS Web site."

"Stimulate the patient’s interest. It's essential that patients understand why this is important.  Establish rapport, ask and answer questions, and consider specific patient concerns."

Why? 

I feel very passionate about plastic surgery due to my mentor Dr. Frank Stile (Found on navigation bar at the top). My mentor inspired me and taught me a lot about how to run a business while doing something that I love. He showed me the ropes of how he conducted his clinic/office/operating room. I can use my future career to impact the way these offices are run. While being in his office I noticed minor details that could be improved and so did the doctor during our discussion. Wait times related to patient care are huge in the overall satisfaction of the experience a patient has. My goal is to drastically improve the satisfaction in all circumstances. Dr. Frank Stiles inspired me to come up with an idea to improve this by having a board outside of each consultation room with the name, a fact, and descriptive detail of each patient while remaining confidential. This way, patients are greeted with respect, honor, and the doctor has shown they remember who the patient is, and conduct care as needed. While shadowing Frank Stile this was an issue in his office. He was given the wrong information by his assistant leaving him look bad in front of the patient and the patient feeling uncomfortable. This is what I would like to avoid in the future with my business, and with any other business in that field. 

How to see improvements in care: 

1. The first method I find very useful in having the best patient care related to the business aspect of a plastic surgeons office is the "Jay Abraham's 3 Ways to Grow a Business" The main components of this method are as follows: 

a. Increase the number of customers (clients)

b. Increase the Average transaction value. 

c. Increase the frequency of repurchase- get more residual value out of each customer. 

 

2. The second method to successful patient care is an effective method for meeting with patients. I came up with an idea to have a display board outside of each room, and it is made to be filled out before the doctor comes in to see the patient. It is like a chart but with small personal detail to make the patient feel like an individual and loved in the office. When a doctor gets personal and remembers information a patient tells them it makes all the difference. The board will resemble a white board but with velcro and a black sheet in front of it to keep patient confidentiality. 

Jay 
Abraham
Guide 
Skills & Languages
Capstone Project
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My Display.

My display represents how surgical patient care will be improved through a chart outside of a patients room. Most private practices have their own ways of seeing patients but this would help any confusion and help the doctor have more information about the patient from a previous consultation. The real display would be a white board so it could be easily erased and a sheet/ cover for confidentiality. All this information will be written down before a patient enters the room and charted after. 

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