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Thinking About “A Visit to the Doctor’s Office”
What is going on here?
Read the skit summary below.
You don’t feel well, bad enough to make you stay home from school. Your mother insists that you go see the doctor if you feel that ill. When you get to the doctor’s office he takes your temperature,
looks in your ears and nose, and listens to your breathing through the stethoscope. He asks you how long you have been feeling ill and if you are coughing up any phlegm. You tell him that you
have been feeling ill for 2 days and that you are not coughing up anything just feeling tired, a stuffy nose, and a sore throat. Without hesitation, the doctor writes a prescription for an antibiotic and
tells you to go and fill it at the pharmacy and to call next week if you are not feeling any better.
A few days later you are feeling much better. You decide to simply stop taking the prescription.
Now use your prior knowledge and personal experiences to respond to the following questions. Be sure to answer each question completely. Remember to put yourself in the role of the patient in the skit.
1. What do you think is ailing you?
2. Why did your doctor ask if you are coughing up phlegm?
3. What are antibiotics?
4. What type of illness do antibiotics treat?
5. List additional relevant questions that your doctor could have asked you before writing the prescription.
6. What lab tests could your doctor order to help him/her confirm his/her diagnosis?
7. List some possible instructions that might be printed on your prescription bottle.
8. What could you alter about this scenario?
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