How To Write a Doctor Review That Matters

With the advent of sites giving you the chance to write a doctor review after leaving an appointment, you may be wondering what ground you should cover when you put pen to paper—or keyboard to screen in any case. After all, anyone can ramble on about how they felt following a doctor’s appointment, but what good will that do anyone? If you were searching for healthcare, you certainly wouldn’t want to read a long diatribe about the plants in the waiting room. Writing a good analysis means including the important things and leaving out everything else. Here are some tips to help you get started.

Your number one goal should be to write with focus. That can be challenging on the first draft, which is why writing a second one is so important. But you can even get your first draft of your doctor review closer to the mark if you sketch out a quick outline beforehand. Remember those writing classes you took in high school? Here’s where all those tricks come in handy. No, you don’t need to break out the roman numerals, or anything like that. Just sketch out the primary points you want to cover, the main idea you want to get across (usually this encapsulates the idea of—was the doctor good or bad?), and what order you want to put it.

People are attracted to details. You don’t want to bog your readers down with it, especially online where people have a tendency to skim and move on. But just writing things like, “good guy, will visit again” doesn’t really help anyone. Make sure you note some specifics and give your thoughts on them. This lets your readers not only get your opinions, but allows them to make up their own minds about the facts you are presenting. They may decide that you’re whining for no good reason. They may simply have a different idea of what constitutes a good physician. Allow them that choice by providing details.

Above all else, be honest in your doctor review. No physician, no matter how bad, deserves to be libeled on the internet. Stick to the facts and your opinion of how those facts influence your review of the practice. Don’t venture off into wild speculation and don’t give in to exaggeration because you think the truth won’t properly convey your anger. Not only will you be giving your readers a biased view, you could put yourself in danger of being sued. Stick to the truth and everything will turn out a lot better.