What's your healthcare communication style?
When you’re living with myositis, communicating effectively with your care team is key to feeling more in sync as a team and getting the care you want. Understanding your individual communication style can help to make each conversation less stressful and more productive.
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Your healthcare communication style is: Analytical
You’re all about the facts, and why wouldn’t you be? You’re logical and data-oriented, relying on numbers and evidence rather than emotions or intuition to make decisions about everything, including your healthcare. When talking with a doctor, you’re likely to ask detailed questions, want to understand risks and benefits, and appreciate charts, test results, or studies that explain why a recommendation is being made.
Tips for analytical communicators:
- Consider tracking symptoms like muscle weakness or pain by rating them on a simple 1-to-10 scale every day observing how the numbers change over time
- Be as specific as you can be. Detailed examples are going to help your care team create a treatment plan that will best serve your personal needs
- Don’t be afraid of repeating yourself if you feel like you haven’t been heard
This information has been provided for educational purposes only and is not meant to be a substitute for professional medical advice. Patients should not use this information for diagnosing a health condition. Patients should always consult a healthcare professional for medical advice or information about diagnosis and treatment.
Your healthcare communication style is: Intuitive
You wish you had a cheat sheet for every appointment with your care team. As an intuitive communicator, you like to focus on the big picture and that means getting straight to the point. In conversations with doctors, you prefer to understand the conversation’s conclusion and your next steps. You’re guided by patterns and instincts, preferring overall outcomes to granular details, and you have a knack for seeing the possibility in everything.
Tips for intuitive communicators:
- Write down the outcome you want from a conversation with your healthcare provider before you step foot in the office
- Focus on how myositis affects your life, rather than individual symptoms, and share that with your doctor
- Try and go into every appointment with a list of goals and priorities you’d like to discuss, and don’t be afraid of repeating yourself if you feel like you haven’t been heard
This information has been provided for educational purposes only and is not meant to be a substitute for professional medical advice. Patients should not use this information for diagnosing a health condition. Patients should always consult a healthcare professional for medical advice or information about diagnosis and treatment.
Your healthcare communication style is: Functional
Step one: identify what comes first. As a functional communicator, you thrive on structure, process, and order. You like information presented in a logical, sequential way and often feel most confident when you understand every step. When talking with your doctor, you may come prepared with timelines, symptom logs, and carefully thought-out questions. Your attention is your strongest asset, so long as you don’t get bogged down in details.
Tips for functional communicators:
- Start with giving yourself a little structure by keeping a list of myositis-related challenges that you encounter, trying to be as specific as possible. This will also be good to refer back to over time to see your progress
- Don’t rely on memory—write down questions for your care team as they come to you during your daily life and bring a list to your appointments
- Don’t be afraid of repeating yourself if you feel like you haven’t been heard
This information has been provided for educational purposes only and is not meant to be a substitute for professional medical advice. Patients should not use this information for diagnosing a health condition. Patients should always consult a healthcare professional for medical advice or information about diagnosis and treatment.
Your healthcare communication style is: Personal
“How does that make me feel?” As a personal communicator, it’s a question you may ask often. You prefer emotion and connection in the way you talk to yourself and others. In conversations with your doctor, you value warmth, collaboration, and trust—and you often share your experience by focusing on how your symptoms make you feel, not just what they are.
Tips for personal communicators:
- Pair the feelings you are experiencing with concrete examples to share with your doctor
- Use your listening strength to your advantage, repeating back what they say to confirm understanding
- If you’d like, bring someone you trust with you for support
This information has been provided for educational purposes only and is not meant to be a substitute for professional medical advice. Patients should not use this information for diagnosing a health condition. Patients should always consult a healthcare professional for medical advice or information about diagnosis and treatment.
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