How To Get The Best From Your Doctor

Life Kit

NPR

Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Kids & Family, Education, Business

4.3 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Going to a doctor who puts you at ease can actually improve your health. We have six tips for finding a primary care doctor you click with — and how you can make the most out of that relationship.

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0:00.0	Hey, Mr. Asquill.
0:02.0	Yes.
0:03.0	Hey, I'm Dr. Gordon.
0:04.0	How you doing today, sir?
0:06.0	I'm Dr. Gordon.
0:08.0	Oh, okay.
0:09.0	So, John, you and I were both doctors.
0:12.0	Remember when we had to work with standardized patients when we were medical students?
0:16.0	Oh, God, yes, standardized patients.
0:18.0	I remember when I was working with standardized patients, we had to videotape ourselves with the patient interaction
0:24.0	and it was so painful to have to watch yourself on video.
0:27.0	Well, recently, I went to C1 again.
0:30.0	Nice to meet you, sir.
0:31.0	All right.
0:32.0	How are you doing today?
0:34.0	How could be better?
0:36.0	Yeah, what's going on?
0:37.0	So, standardized patients, they're actors who pretend to be patients.
0:42.0	They're given a name, a little bio, a list of symptoms, and then they act out a doctor's visit with medical students.
0:49.0	I'm actually a practicing family doctor, but I wanted to brush up on my communication skills.
0:54.0	So, I asked a local patient actor to come in for a visit with me.
0:57.0	I can't sleep, but it seems like I'm waking up every night for about a month now.
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