Know the purpose of each appointment
Ask if the next meeting is for evaluation, plan discussion, action, or check-in. Learn from your doctor how many stages the visits can progress in and what information this depends on. Rather than assuming an exact number or duration, talk about whether the plan needs to be reevaluated. You can check that you understood correctly by repeating what was told to you in your own words.
Share your daily plan openly
If you need to return to work the same day, take a long trip, or come with a relative, tell them in advance. Ask your own physician how this will be factored into the appointment schedule. Allocate the estimated duration of the consultation and the total time you will need to be at the clinic. Instead of creating consecutive appointments in the calendar, take the scheduling guidance given by your physician as basis.
Request written information and contact path
If you were given special preparation or follow-up instructions, ask how you can preserve it. Learn through which channel you can submit questions that come to your mind between appointments. If a date changes, verify with the clinic if other visits need to be changed as well. Knowing what the next step is when leaving the conversation reduces the need to reconstruct the plan between different messages.
Short check before appointment
- Ask in a clear sentence the purpose of the next visit.
- Separate the estimated time from the total time in the clinic.
- Share your work, travel and companion plan in advance.
- Keep the preparation and follow-up information given by your own physician.
- When a date changes, check other appointments together.
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