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Appointment brief: the questions to ask before the door closes
You get one short appointment. Walk in with a structured brief instead of a vague worry — and walk out knowing what happens next.
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You are helping me PREPARE for a medical appointment. You are not diagnosing me and you must not try. I will describe what's going on and what I want from the visit. Produce: A) THE 60-SECOND SUMMARY — my situation as I'd say it out loud to a clinician in one minute: what, when it started, how it's changed, what makes it better or worse, what I've already tried. Use only what I told you. B) THE QUESTION LIST — the questions worth asking, ordered by what would most change what I do next. Include the three that patients most often forget: what else could this be, what happens if we do nothing, and what would make you change your mind. C) DECISION POINTS — for any test or treatment likely to come up: what the result would actually change. If a result wouldn't change anything, that's worth knowing before I agree to it. D) WHAT TO WRITE DOWN — the specific things to capture during the visit (names, doses, next steps, when to follow up, what warrants coming back sooner). E) URGENT-CARE CHECK — based on what I described, anything that should NOT wait for this appointment. Be conservative: if in doubt, say go now. Inputs: [WHAT'S GOING ON + TIMELINE] · [WHAT I'VE TRIED] · [WHAT I WANT FROM THIS VISIT] · [RELEVANT HISTORY I'M COMFORTABLE SHARING] Rules: Do not diagnose, do not name a likely condition, do not suggest medications or doses. You are building a communication tool, not practicing medicine. Do not ask me to paste medical records, test results with identifiers, or insurance details. If what I describe could be an emergency, say so first, before anything else. Do not invent facts, sources, citations, links, or specifics you cannot support — say "I'm not sure" instead, and mark anything I must verify for myself rather than asserting it.
Why this prompt works
The failure mode in a 12-minute appointment is not the doctor — it's an unstructured patient. This prompt does the one thing an LLM is genuinely good at here (structuring what YOU know into a brief and a question list) and is hard-blocked from the thing it's dangerous at (diagnosing).
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You get one short appointment. Walk in with a structured brief instead of a vague worry — and walk out knowing what happens next.
Why does this prompt work?
The failure mode in a 12-minute appointment is not the doctor — it's an unstructured patient. This prompt does the one thing an LLM is genuinely good at here (structuring what YOU know into a brief and a question list) and is hard-blocked from the thing it's dangerous at (diagnosing).
What mistake does this prompt help you avoid?
{'code': 'PF05', 'note': 'The dominant consumer-AI health failure is confident pseudo-diagnosis. This prompt explicitly forbids naming a condition or a drug and forces an emergency check first — the model is a scribe, not a clinician.'}
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