Your questionnaire: Doctors & physicians
17 questionsRate each question: 1 = not well … 5 = extremely well
Communication with patients and families
- How clearly does this doctor explain diagnoses and options in language patients can follow?
- How well do they check that patients and families have understood before moving on?
- How well do they involve patients in decisions about their care?
- How respectfully do they handle difficult conversations, such as bad news or a complaint?
Teamwork across the care team
- How well does this doctor listen to concerns raised by nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals?
- How approachable are they when a colleague needs advice or wants to question a plan?
- How respectfully do they treat colleagues of every grade and profession?
- How well do they share information the rest of the team needs to do their part?
Handovers and reliability
- How clear and complete are this doctor's handovers and written notes?
- How reliably do they respond when paged or called, including out of hours?
- How consistently do they follow up on results and tasks they took on?
Teaching and leadership
- How willingly does this doctor teach and support students and junior colleagues?
- How well do they stay calm and give direction when the ward or clinic is under pressure?
- How openly do they discuss mistakes and near misses so the team can learn from them?
Open-ended questions
Answer in a few sentences.
- What does this doctor do that makes the team work better?
- What is one change that would make working with them easier or safer?
- Describe a recent situation where they handled a patient, family or colleague particularly well, or could have done better.
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