PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE to Members By Dr. Jessica Triche 2020–2021 NCAFP President
Do You Know Your Patients' Dialect? Understanding dialect is important in the clinical setting
Patient 1 Me- “Hey..how have you been?” Patient-”Well, pretty good except for Mr Arthur paying me a visit.” Patient 2 Me-”How’s everything going?” Patient- “Well, ok except that Arthur hit me last week.”
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Dr. Triche attended UNC-Chapel Hill for undergraduate studies and attended medical school at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. She completed her residency training at Moses Cone Family Medicine in Greensboro, NC, where she served as Co-Chief Resident. Dr. Triche is married and has two sons and enjoys life on the water in Bath, NC. She is currently working at Vidant Family Medicine-Chocowinity located in Chocowinity, NC. She enjoys seeing a variety of patients as well as teaching medical students. She is a graduate of both Vidant's Physician Leadership Institute as well as the North Carolina Medical Society Foundation's Leadership College and completed their Health Care Leadership and Management (HCLM) Program in 2018. Dr. Triche is currently involved in several leadership roles within the Vidant system. She also serves on the Beaufort County Board of Health.
Wow, who the heck is this Arthur guy? Do I need to call Adult Protective Services?! Practicing my entire career in Eastern North Carolina, it didn’t take me very long to realize that Arthur was not some evil person preying on the elderly in the cold winter months.
The North Carolina Family Physician
