To make the best use of a doctor’s time it would be wise for a doctor also to follow some simple guidelines. The doctor may need to work to be more approachable in style although we understand that some protection of the doctor’s time is necessary as this is a rare commodity.
- Look at the patient.
- Listen to the patient.
- Always examine the patient
- Volunteer trustworthy internet websites
- Encourage patients who can manage this to research their own care or recruit younger family members to help.
- Encourage patients to prepare questions before the consultation to save time.
If both sides of the doctor-patient relationship are prepared to be flexible, accept responsibility and work in unison a lot of time could be saved.