The diabetes clinic: Creating an illusion of time

Diabetes care is challenging task, both for both the person with diabetes, and for the diabetes care provider. One of the challenges is the pressure to see a huge case load in limited time. This leads to poor patient satisfaction, and result in suboptimal outcome. Creating an illusion of time is an art which helps the astute physician enhance patient satisfaction. This opinion piece shares means of creating a feeling of time well -spent with the diabetes care professional. It explains how to "expand" the time frame, the interviewing team, the reference, the definition of health, and create remembrance points in order to improve the quality of interaction. The authors enjoin the physician to feel relaxed from within, "stimulate" all five senses of the patient, and structure the conversation in a systematic manner. Best practices for time enhancement are shared, along with relevant examples.