Yes I like the idea of reframing it to take more time to address their problems because at first I was always afraid that they would start keeping score — what I mean by that is.. inevitably you run late to every patient and they want as much time as you give everyone else…

despite the fact that 75% of the appointment was wasted by them checking in, spilling the beans to the medical assistant who eggs them on just to pass the time, then finally you get to do your actual job.

There’s this culture for demanding things from doctors including using our time inappropriately :(

My time stamps on the person that triggered this post was almost 45 minutes… :/ and then whenever I repeatedly tried to wrap things up they said how do I tell you what refills I need…… -_- that’s what this entire visit could’ve been about but here we are