Helping Patients Prepare Lists of Questions to Ask at Medical Appointments (HLOL #243)
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Akila Muthukumar graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College with a major in human developmental and regenerative biology and a minor in English. Muthukumar helped establish and lead a question-listing service at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She also has done a lot of writing, including for the health and medicine website, STAT News. She […]
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Akila Muthukumar graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College with a major in human developmental and regenerative biology and a minor in English. Muthukumar helped establish and lead a question-listing service at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She also has done a lot of writing, including for the health and medicine website, STAT News. She hopes to combine these interests as a physician-writer. This year, Muthukumar is living in rural south India (where she recorded this podcast) and working at a nonprofit dedicated to people with intellectual disabilities.
In this podcast, Akila Muthukumar talks with Helen Osborne about:
Helping patients make a list of questions to ask at upcoming medical appointments.
Strategies to help patients think of, and organize, their questions.
Ways that this question list can benefit patients, providers, and students
More ways to learn:
“The question list is a simple way to help patients prepare for appointments,” by Akila Muthukuma Valliammai, Leigh Simmons, and Karen Sepucha, STAT News, First Opinion. September 5, 2023.
UCSF: The Patient Support Corps
“Decision Support for Patients Making Life-Changing Choices (HLOL #49),” a Health Literacy Out Loud podcast interview with Jeff Belkora.
“Questions Are the Answer to Helping Patients Understand Their Health,” by Helen Osborne. Published in On Call Magazine, June 25, 2008.
Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message, Third Edition, by Helen Osborne. The chapter “Question-Asking” is especially relevant to this podcast.
Read a transcript of this podcast.
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