Talking With Your Doctor

Come away from this session with tips to encourage collaboration and improve communication with your doctor(s) and other healthcare professionals.

Event Details

In this 1.5-hour workshop, we learn how to communicate more effectively with our doctor(s) and other health care professionals. Using the PACE framework, we explore common challenges with doctor-patient interactions and learn techniques on how to improve them.

Learn how to:

  • be prepared for your visit
  • state your concerns clearly and honestly
  • provide a complete description of your condition
  • ask questions about your condition and its treatment
  • express problems with prescribed treatments

Talking With Your Doctor was created by Donald J. Cegala and modified, with permission, for use by projects in cooperation with Patient & Community Partnership for Education, UBC Health.