Diagnosis process &
Questions to ask your doctor
A digital tool designed to emphasize the pivotal role of family doctors in your health journey. This interactive resource highlights:
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Core Responsibilities: Explains how family doctors diagnose and treat common health problems, order tests, and interpret results.
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Care Coordination: Shows how GPs connect you to specialists, medical labs, pharmacists, and other healthcare services, ensuring continuity of care.
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Personalized Attention: Details how doctors consider your lifestyle, family history, and daily habits to tailor care to your needs.
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Find a Doctor: Includes practical links to Alberta’s doctor locator and interpretation services for accessible healthcare navigation.
By underscoring the importance of seeing a family doctor regularly, this tool fosters understanding of their role in promoting your overall well-being
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Importance of a Family Doctor
This tool explains why having a family doctor is important and why they should be your first point of contact when you have a health concern. It shows how your family doctor acts as the center of your care—coordinating tests, connecting you to specialists, working with hospitals, pharmacists, and medical labs, and helping you understand results and next steps.
The tool also outlines what family doctors do to identify and treat common health problems, including asking questions about your health and daily life, examining you, ordering tests, and following up on care. It is designed to help patients understand how the health system works and the important role a family doctor plays in keeping care connected.
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