Now, people stay in a doctor’s exam room no more than 15 minutes. Well, those 15 minutes becomes more valuable, so you should prepare some questions
Before visiting the doctor
1. Prepare short questions about your medical condition. For simplicity, you can write on a piece of paper.
2. Help your doctor help you. Tell all what you feel. When did the symptoms begin to be felt? So have you ever had the same experience in connection with that.
3. Make time table so you can see if there a relationship between symptoms and date with everything that triggers the emergence of an attack.
In the waiting room
1. While waiting for your turn, repeat a few key questions about your health then, especially the reason you visited at that time.
2. Relax and breathe regularly.
In the examination room
1. Greet your doctor with a smile. Generally, patients rarely ask doctor conditions at that time. But actually, these friendly conversations can make a doctor’s examination cooperatively.
2. State the purpose or reason for your visit and let the doctor know the expectations you want from the meeting.
3. If you have more than one reason to visit, let your doctor know the second reason could be related or no.
4. Discuss questions that you want to ask. Do not be shy to read the questions that you have written earlier, in case you forgot a few questions to ask. Your doctor will appreciate your curiosity.
5. Ask for an explanation from the doctor for any procedure or medication given to you as a whole.
6. You can write some answers from the doctors, the things you want to remember. This can save you time to call the doctor the next day.
7. Do not be shy to ask about your personal problems, such as sexual problems or other problems, because it will provide useful information that helps you to be able to give better attention.
8. If there are words that are not understood, it could not hurt to ask what it means.
9. Listen to the doctor with a good explanation. Let him know that you are very enthusiastic about this explanation.
10. Ask your doctor if you have to do inspections. Or is there a medical test you have to do regarding your medical condition is.
