What Patients want from Doctors:Help you choose a new doctor

Professor Dr. Subhagata Choudhury
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What Patients want from Doctors.
.1.Warm welcome
2.Transparency
3.Active listening
4.TRust
5. care and communication
6.Respect
7. Effective communication
8 Time
9. Empathy
10.Access
11. Clear Instructions
12.Collaboration

How to choose a medical College
Medical curriculum
whether lecture based or Problem based learning
organization of the curriculum
Integration of clinical medicine into curriculum
\opportunities to pursue an area of concentration or interest
What is the grading system
A medical college Mission
Medical college class size
Location
Region
setting
Proximity to family

Help you choose a new doctor
1. Where is the practice located? is it accessible by publc transportation? is there parking space/
2.Which hospital the doctor use?Are you comfortable with the hospital in case you have to use
3.Where are the routine x rays and lab studies done in the office or have to go outside
4.How long you have to wait for an apptt after a call? in urgent need can you see on the same day/
5.is the office staff friendly and courteous?
6.If you call with a qn does the doctor or nuse call back promptly?
7.Does the doctor frequently refer the patient to specialists or most of the case manages him /her self?
8. how is the office process

How to choose medicine as a career
will have diverse medical careers
Biomedicine
Dentistry
Physiotherapy
Pharmacy
Nursing
Veterinary medicine
2. will be working in a globally recognised field
3/ You can help people recover and be healthy
4.greatly needed in the job market
5.will have stable job and a safe career
6 Can bring your contribution through medical research
7.will have a great social status

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Professor Dr. Subhagata Choudhury

Prominent Writer, physician of the subcontinent