• ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    This happened to my wife and I recently.

    We came for a visit and her usual doctor wasn’t available. This new doctor flat out said, “I didn’t get a chance to read your medical history so tell me what’s going on.” My wife was confused, because this was her third visit to check her hormone levels. it wasn’t a checkup, but a followup.

    And this doctor proceeds to not understand any of this, as she keeps asking her questions about why she might be there, instead of spending two minutes reading the medical history.

    My wife ends up crying while Im sitting in the corner begging my wife we should just leave because shes not getting anything from this doctor.

        • Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.ca
          1·
          2 months ago

          Having been a paramedic for many years, I’ll take the 80% med student over the no bedside manner, no common sense, overly bookish student who can only think about what the book told them.

          • Schmoo@slrpnk.net
            1·
            2 months ago

            I would think that those types are better suited to research or other medical professions that don’t interact with patients like imaging or something.

      • solsangraal@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        someone, somewhere, took the biggest dump on earth today. someome somewhere sometime took the biggest dump ever taken by a human

    • K[r]ukenberg@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 months ago

      It’s a valid strategy to ask the patient to recap what brings them to the clinic. It’s very common to hear a different story from the one in the booking system or in the medical history. I’m not sure about the system were you live but medical history often takes waaaaaaaaaay more than 2 min to read up on. Maybe the last visit was recorded and had yet to been transcribed? Those can be a pain to listen to. It feels very reasonable that the doctor didn’t have time to read up on your history if they were covering for a sick/unavailable colleague.

      I would 100% prefer a doctor that is upfront about not knowing my medical history over a (more commonly occurring) dumbass pretenting to know it.

      It’s regrettable that your doctor made you feel neglected. Fault them for that, not the questions.

      Edit: *recorded as in dictated!