The people inevitably get sick, master the trick to see a doctor, you can achieve twice the result with half the effort. The medical science of today has long developed in the direction of specialization, and the subspecialties of tertiary hospitals are very detailed. Usually, tertiary hospitals have the following departments: Neurology, Cardiovascular Medicine, Respiratory Medicine, Gastroenterology, Nephrology, Hematology, Endocrinology, Rheumatology, Infection, General Surgery, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Orthopedics, Urology, Brain Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology, Stomatology, Dermatology, Traditional Chinese Medicine and so on. To add, there are certain specialties that are not available in general tertiary hospitals, such as burns, plastic surgery, anorectal, pediatric surgery, etc. Beijing Friendship Hospital General Surgery Department Zhao Ning Of course, the general public does not have medical knowledge, and in many cases, the symptoms of the disease are not specific, so it is difficult to determine which specialty to visit. In this case, it is better to go to the first level hospital (community hospital) first, you will be treated by a general practitioner, I believe that minor diseases can be solved, and those that cannot be solved will be recommended by the general practitioner to a higher level hospital. In fact, this medical model is also commonly used in developed countries, and is one of the current directions of medical reform in China. 2. Make a short summary of your condition In a general outpatient clinic of a tertiary hospital, each doctor has to see more than 30 patients in half a day, which means that only 5-10 minutes are left for each patient, including the time for the doctor to write medical records and prescribe medicine. Even for specialist clinics, each doctor has to see more than 15 patients in a half day. By giving a brief summary of your condition before you see the doctor, giving a concise description of your symptoms and answering the doctor’s questions accurately during the visit, you can save a lot of time during your visit. Some people may think, “Am I not saving someone else’s time? In fact, for experienced doctors, it does not take much communication to grasp the crux of your problem. Too much description by the patient not only does not help to diagnose the disease, but also interferes with the doctor’s thinking. Sometimes the patient does not need to speak, the doctor only needs to look at the color and pulse to have a seventh or eighth judgment. I cite this example to show that doctor-patient communication does not need to be too complicated. 3, do not go to the emergency department easily The emergency department is a department that treats acute and critical diseases, and the types of diseases in the emergency department are very different from those in the outpatient department. Diseases that do not fall within the scope of emergency care are not effectively addressed in the emergency department, such as hemorrhoids, boils, nail infections, wound dressing and stitch removal, breast enlargement, constipation, etc. I suggest that patients with such diseases should not run to the emergency department at night because they don’t have time to work during the day, only to return disappointed. Moreover, the hospital also offers outpatient clinics on Saturdays and Sundays, which is much more convenient compared to the past. On the other hand, the treatment process of emergency doctors is also very different from that of outpatient clinics. In order to avoid misdiagnosis, emergency doctors only try to improve tests, keep patients in the hospital for observation, and use more intravenous drugs. While this improves the accuracy of diagnosis, it also increases the cost of care and the risk of medication. That’s why there are complaints about spending hundreds of dollars on medical care for a cold. I suggest that for mild cases of fever and diarrhea, try to buy over-the-counter medication from a pharmacy and then go to the hospital. 4, the first consultation does not need to see a specialist General diseases, or complex diseases when the first visit, do not have to see a specialist, in the case of perfecting the necessary tests, and the diagnosis is not clear before seeing a specialist is the most appropriate. The blind pursuit of specialists is the root cause of the difficulty in finding a specialist number one, and is the direct cause of the high price of selling specialist numbers. After reading my article, will you still do so?