5. "Yes, but that's beside the point..." - when I ask if you're a 1st year medical officer after you miss a glaringly abnormal ECG. Happened very recently.
4. "I've done the x-rays / blood tests but the results aren't out yet." - especially when you know the results will guide your diagnosis and are essential in my decision-making process. I'm not psychic!
3. Indiscriminate use of the word "basically". It serves no purpose whatsoever.
2. "Err, I don't know what I should do." I'd rather you give me a few options and ask my opinion regarding the best path to take.
1. "Err, I don't know what's going on...", especially if it's the opening line. Surely 5 years of medical school ( 6 in certain foreign countries ) and hundreds of thousands of dollars in educational funds have produced someone with more thinking capability.
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