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GreyBrain Pulse · Published 16 Sept 2026

The twelve questions you will be asked

The communicator · What’s advancing · F5

The question session rehearsed before it happens, including the one you were hoping nobody would ask.

Why this matters for your role

The communicator’s skill: help someone examine an AI answer, surface missing context and bring better questions to their clinician.

Your worked example

A fictional person says: “An AI answer sounds certain, but it has not seen my full history. What should I ask my doctor?” No patient information or medical recommendation is supplied.

Put it into practice

Draft a respectful conversation opener and three questions about the source, missing context and uncertainty. Explain why identifiable health information needs appropriate privacy safeguards. Do not provide personalised medical advice.

Practise with a synthetic example. Do not upload identifiable patient information. Check every factual claim and source before considering any real-world use.

Clinician prompt

The twelve questions you will be asked

The question session rehearsed before it happens, including the one you were hoping nobody would ask.

Copy · paste into your AI

War-game the question session after my talk. This is a practice exercise on my own work. What I am presenting: [PASTE YOUR ABSTRACT OR A 10-LINE SUMMARY] Audience: [WHO IS IN THE ROOM] Produce twelve questions I will actually be asked, grouped as: - Four friendly questions from someone who wants to understand. - Four methodological questions from someone who is unconvinced. - Three hostile questions from someone with a competing position. - One question from a senior person that is really about their own work. For each: write the question in the voice it will be asked, the answer in under forty spoken words, and the trap in answering it badly. Then tell me the one question I most need a prepared answer for, and what I must go and check before I stand up. End with a short section titled "Your check" listing what I must verify myself before using any of this.

Synthetic practice example. Run it as-is and check the output against the supplied facts.

Your check

Verify any fact you plan to say aloud. The model has predicted plausible questions; it has not predicted your room.

Runs inChatGPT Claude Copy the prompt first — these links open the tool, they do not carry the text.

Your own work only. Do not paste unpublished data without checking who may retain it.

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