Many patients and their families have this experience: they go to the hospital in the early morning or even the night before, wait in line to register and wait hard for their turn to see the doctor, but they are sent out by the doctor in two or three minutes, some even feel that they have not made their condition clear, and worry whether the doctor really understands the condition and can prescribe the right medicine? In fact, it is a reality that a doctor sees many patients in a day, and the average time allocated to each patient is really only so many minutes. So as a patient, how can you quickly present your condition to the doctor in those precious minutes? This requires a clear idea of the following three aspects: (1) the time of illness. That is, how long it was from the onset of the disease to the time of the visit. In the outpatient clinic, patients often ignore this article and learn about it only after the doctor asks, and sometimes the patient’s answer is really anxious. Real-life example: Female patient with abdominal pain. Doctor-patient dialogue: “How long have you had abdominal pain?” “For many years.” “How many years?” “A few years.” “Exactly how many years?” At this point, the patient tilted his head to the family and said, “It seems to have started since the fall of the year so-and-so left the country.” The family said, “It seems to be, think about what year that was?” The couple started a conversation. This is painful for the doctor! If the question is thought of before the visit, it is solved in one sentence during the visit, and the patient saves time himself, and more importantly, does not forget what should be said later because of this question. This is a common situation in chronic diseases, if it is an acute attack, it is better to say the exact time, try not to say “two days”, “the night before yesterday”, “yesterday morning” and so on vague It is best to specify the time to the hour. For example: abdominal pain at 9:00 a.m. the day before yesterday, emergency room at 9:00 a.m. today, some patients will calculate like this: the day before yesterday, yesterday, today, a total of 3 days, but in fact, carefully calculate the onset of 48 hours. The time of onset is very important and will affect the doctor’s diagnosis of the disease and the choice of treatment plan. (2) Reason for visit. Name the most painful and life-altering symptoms at the moment. Be realistic and neither exaggerate nor trivialize or conceal. In case of exacerbation of chronic disease, state what manifestations were present at the initial onset, any other tests, any formal treatment, and show the doctor the results of previous tests and records of visits. (3) Describe the accompanying symptoms effectively. For example, if there is fever, you should further explain the duration of fever and the specific temperature of the fever; for vomiting, you should further explain the number of vomits and the amount and nature of the vomit (smell, color, etc.); for diarrhea, you should further explain the number and nature of diarrhea, etc. After the above three aspects, the doctor will have some targeted questions, and you just have to answer them truthfully. At the end of the consultation, you will find that it does not take a long time (except for difficult cases), all the questions and answers will not deviate from the scope of the disease, there will not be some useless dialogue, saving time, both for your own convenience and for the convenience of others, so that the doctor can have more time to serve more patients. The last two warm tips: (1) Please fill out the cover of the medical record book completely, especially the column of allergy history. (If you have, please indicate the name of the specific medication); (2) Female patients, if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, please inform your doctor in advance.