Upgrade to Pro
— share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …
Speaker Deck
Features
Speaker Deck
PRO
Sign in
Sign up for free
Search
Search
Healthcare Phrases That Are Almost Always Misun...
Search
Jonathan Rick
PRO
August 17, 2020
Education
1
370
Healthcare Phrases That Are Almost Always Misunderstood
How both physicians and patients can better communicate with each other.
Jonathan Rick
PRO
August 17, 2020
Tweet
Share
More Decks by Jonathan Rick
See All by Jonathan Rick
Everything You Wanted to Know About Wikipedia But Were Too Embarrassed to Ask
jrick
PRO
0
16k
Sales After Covid: How to Sell in a Post-Pandemic World
jrick
PRO
1
940
This Is Why Donald Trump Is Killing Joe Biden in Fundraising
jrick
PRO
0
1.5k
How to Manage Your Inbox and Mental Health During a Pandemic
jrick
PRO
0
140
How to Write a Talking Point
jrick
PRO
0
2.2k
What's Wrong With These RFPs?
jrick
PRO
0
460
A Beginner’s Guide to RFPs and Proposals
jrick
PRO
0
490
7 Digital Trends Every PR Pro Should Know for 2022
jrick
PRO
2
1.6k
5 Grammar Rules You Absolutely Should Know if You’re Taking a 300-Level English Course
jrick
PRO
1
760
Other Decks in Education
See All in Education
LLMs for Social Simulation: Progress, Opportunities and Challenges
wingnus
1
120
Web Search and SEO - Lecture 10 - Web Technologies (1019888BNR)
signer
PRO
2
2.5k
Ch2_-_Partie_3.pdf
bernhardsvt
0
110
Comezando coas redes
irocho
0
400
Chapitre_1_-__L_atmosphère_et_la_vie_-_Partie_2.pdf
bernhardsvt
0
210
Adobe Analytics入門講座【株式会社ニジボックス】
nbkouhou
0
23k
Repaso electricidade e electrónica
irocho
0
210
JavaScript - Lecture 6 - Web Technologies (1019888BNR)
signer
PRO
0
2.5k
Use Cases and Course Review - Lecture 8 - Human-Computer Interaction (1023841ANR)
signer
PRO
0
780
Medicare 101 for 2025
robinlee
PRO
0
310
Beispiel einer Fortbildung für "Soziales Lernen"
gsgoethe
0
140
自己紹介 / who-am-i
yasulab
PRO
2
4.3k
Featured
See All Featured
Why You Should Never Use an ORM
jnunemaker
PRO
54
9.1k
The Web Performance Landscape in 2024 [PerfNow 2024]
tammyeverts
2
290
Rebuilding a faster, lazier Slack
samanthasiow
79
8.7k
I Don’t Have Time: Getting Over the Fear to Launch Your Podcast
jcasabona
29
2k
Navigating Team Friction
lara
183
15k
Refactoring Trust on Your Teams (GOTO; Chicago 2020)
rmw
32
2.7k
RailsConf 2023
tenderlove
29
940
BBQ
matthewcrist
85
9.4k
Templates, Plugins, & Blocks: Oh My! Creating the theme that thinks of everything
marktimemedia
28
2.1k
Mobile First: as difficult as doing things right
swwweet
222
9k
Stop Working from a Prison Cell
hatefulcrawdad
267
20k
Evolution of real-time – Irina Nazarova, EuRuKo, 2024
irinanazarova
5
440
Transcript
Healthcare Phrases That Are Almost Always Misunderstood
Phrases That Physicians Say to Patients
Unclear Take two pills, twice daily. Clear Take two pills
in the morning and two at bedtime.
Unclear Practice social distancing. Clear Stay at home. Go grocery
shopping only once a week. Wear a mask.
Unclear Your ultrasound came back positive. Clear You have bladder
stones.
Unclear Your results were negative. Clear You don’t have skin
cancer.
Unclear Avoid strenuous activity. Clear Don’t have sex, go for
a run, or lift anything heavy.
Unclear Follow-up with me in two weeks. Clear Make an
appointment to see me again in two weeks.
Unclear I’m going to perform a laparoscopy. Clear The surgery
will be minimally invasive.
Phrases That Patients Say to Physicians
Unclear I think I have arthritis. Clear My joints hurt.
Unclear I have pain in my groin area. Clear I
have pain in my testicles.
Any other phrases?