Medical visit preparation
Preparing questions for a clinician and understanding terms. Never diagnosis.
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- Build a medication list and schedule
Organises medicines from prescriptions and labels into a clear list and daily schedule, flags unclear entries and possible duplicates as questions for a pharmacist, and never changes doses.
- Build a symptom log
Creates a symptom diary template tailored to a condition, or turns logged entries into a clear, counted one-page summary for a clinician without diagnosing. Use before and after tracking symptoms.
- Doctor visit track
Takes a patient or carer through one appointment, from symptom summary and questions to visit notes and an after-visit plan with follow-ups, pausing between steps. Use for any planned visit.
- Explain clinical notes
Explains the terms and abbreviations in clinic notes, letters or a discharge summary in plain language, flags ambiguous shorthand, and lists questions to ask the care team.
- Explain a diagnosis
Explains a diagnosis a clinician gave in plain language, with how it is usually managed, common misunderstandings, questions for the next appointment and reliable sources. Use after a new diagnosis.
- Explain an imaging report
Explains the terms in a radiology or imaging report in plain language, section by section, and lists questions for the doctor, without judging what the findings mean for the patient.
- Explain lab results
Explains lab results in plain language, covering what each test measures, how the value sits against the report's own range and what to ask the doctor, without diagnosing. Use before a follow-up.
- Explain a medication leaflet
Explains a medicine's patient leaflet in plain language, covering what it is for, how to take it, common and serious side effects, and the interactions worth asking a pharmacist about.
- Health navigator
Acts as a health navigator who helps patients and carers understand their care, prepare for appointments, organise records and ask good questions, without diagnosing or treating.
- Hospital discharge track
Takes a patient or carer from discharge planning questions to a medicine list, home setup, follow-up schedule and warning signs to watch, pausing for approval between steps.
- Nurse educator
Acts as a nurse educator who helps nurses write clear patient teaching and explains evidence plainly, while deferring every clinical decision to local protocols and the treating clinicians.
- Organize a family medical history
Builds a family medical history record across three generations with conditions and ages at onset, highlights patterns worth mentioning to a doctor, and lists gaps to ask relatives about.
- Plan activity pacing
Plans activity pacing for chronic pain or fatigue, covering baselines, an energy budget, cautious increases and a flare plan, written to review with a clinician.
- Plan chronic condition self-management
Builds a self-management routine for a diagnosed chronic condition from the care team's plan, with daily tasks, tracking, a traffic-light action plan and appointment preparation.
- Practise writing a nursing care plan
Coaches nursing students through writing a care plan for a supplied case study, from assessment to evaluation, giving feedback on each part instead of handing over the answers.
- Prepare questions for a doctor
Prepares a concise symptom summary, a 30-second opening and prioritised questions for a doctor's appointment, after checking for signs that need urgent care. Use the day before a visit.
- Prepare an emergency medical summary
Builds a one-page emergency medical summary and a wallet card listing conditions, medicines, allergies, devices, contacts and care wishes, copied exactly from what the person provides.
- Prepare for a planned procedure
Prepares a patient or carer for a planned procedure with questions for the surgeon and anaesthetist, medication questions, a practical checklist and a recovery plan, without medical advice.
- Prepare for a child's doctor visit
Prepares a parent or carer for a child's doctor visit with a symptom timeline, growth and development questions, vaccines to ask about, and age-appropriate ways to prepare the child.
- Prepare for prenatal visits
Prepares questions and notes for prenatal appointments at the current stage of pregnancy, with symptoms to report, decisions coming up and urgent signs that should not wait.
- Prepare for a second opinion
Prepares a patient for a second opinion with a records checklist, a one-page summary of the diagnosis and plan, questions that compare options, and how to raise it with the current team.
- Understand a medical bill
Explains a medical bill or explanation of benefits line by line, spots possible errors to query, and drafts questions and a call script for the provider or insurer.
- Write a patient education handout
Turns clinical content a clinician supplies into a plain-language patient handout at a target reading level, with warning signs, teach-back questions and a list of points to confirm.
- Write an SBAR handoff
Structures nursing or care handoff notes into SBAR (situation, background, assessment, recommendation) without adding any clinical judgement that is not already in the notes.