Meaning of 'follow up'

[Dr. R. Saroj]

Hi friends,

Somebody wrote me in his letter:

"I will see the patient as a follow up in three months"

Is it correct?

If not what grammatical error have it and what changes should be made

[Pond969]

It's not incorrect if you understand the 'a followup' as not referring to the patient, but rather to the next 'seeing' of the patient, or the next step in the process of dealing with his (her) case. If you want to avoid the construction, you could say (for example):

"I will follow up on this patient's case by seeing him again in three months" .

[Dr. R. Saroj]

Thanks for answer to my question

If i write as "I will see the patient as a followup in three months" then what sense this sentence refer?

[Yankee]

Hi

Your original sentence is a little awkward. It suggests that the follow-up is the patient himself rather than your additional examination of the patient.

You could also write this instead:

"I will do a follow-up examination on this patient in three months."

Amy
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[Torsten]

Good morning my dear language friends, thanks a lot for sharing your ideas on Dr. R. Saroj's sentence. Our communicator Tom (now we have two "Toms" -- one from Pakistan and one from Nashville) has replied to this question earlier: meaning of follow-up
http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic14798.html
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