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Transition from the methods that used to work when seeking medical care to those that work now. (What does it take to navigate the medical system? How do I need to communicate? Where do I start?)

Shift the way you think about your role when you become a patient or family caregiver. (Learn the roles you & your providers need to play and how you can subtly change them)

Discover importance of keeping personal medical history records. (Better yet, the hard work has been done for you – the processes and medical forms are ready to use & you will know how to gather the information and do it with ease! More important than that – you will know how to use your information to help doctors help you)

Break through resistance and overcome blocks to getting started. (You keep hearing about what you need to do and you know you need to do it. In this patient / family caregiver education, you’ll discover how all the pieces fit together so you can experience the best medical care)

Set up your Savvy Patient Health Record. (Finish school with your personal health record notebook set up and ready to use – You will have easy access to your detailed personal medical history to answer questions (you can’t rely on your memory) and to ask the right questions.

Improve your patient doctor communication abilities for more effective medical care and better outcomes. (If you think you know how to tell your story when you seek medical care, chances are you haven’t thought about it quite this way – but during class you will learn not only how to tell your story, but what questions to ask and when, and how to help your clinicians think! Studies show that 80% of the time clinicians reach a diagnosis in the first 15 – 20 seconds of your medical appointment and fail to consider other alternatives unless given a reason). Improving patient doctor communication is key to successful medical care.

Be prepared! – Implement steps to more effective medical appointments in this age of short appointments.

Page Last Updated on April 18, 2011