What to Expect

• Please make sure you check MyChart for any messages and complete any forms you received from us before you arrive at our clinic.
• Bring medical insurance cards or a valid medical coupon for the month of your appointment.
• Ask your child’s primary care provider for any prior lab results and bring them with you. This helps avoid duplication of tests.
• Ask your child’s primary care provider to fax the records to us at 206-985-3499.
• Please check in 15 minutes before your appointment. If you arrive more than 20 minutes late, you will be asked to reschedule.
• Learn more about preparing for your appointment.
• We may need a urine sample. Without a urine sample, the appointment may be delayed or cancelled.
• Bring snacks and beverages, since many appointments are long.

• We will update your phone number and the phone number of your child.  
• We may offer your child the option of signing up for electronic healthcare communication.

• You and your child may start the visit together.
• We will ask your child for their preferred name and pronouns.
• We may ask your child to provide a urine sample.
• We may ask your child to complete confidential health questionnaires.
• Depending on the concern, a physical exam, including a pelvic exam, may be indicated. If an exam is recommended, we will discuss it beforehand to be sure the patient agrees and knows what to expect.
• You may be asked to step out of the room for part of the visit.
• It is important that your child has time to talk with their provider alone. This helps them learn to manage their own health.
• Your child may see more than 1 member of our multidisciplinary team.

• If you left the room, your child will come out to meet with you in the waiting room with a visit summary.
• Please let your child’s provider know if you have questions.
• Schedule a follow-up appointment (if needed) before you leave.

Seattle Children’s is a teaching hospital. Your child will receive care from a team that may include providers in training, including:

• Students from medicine, nursing, nutrition, psychology or social work who are receiving advanced adolescent training
• Resident physicians from the pediatrics, family medicine or obstetrics and gynecology programs

• A new visit typically takes 60 to 90 minutes per provider. Please check in at least 15 minutes before your scheduled appointment.
• If you are seeing multiple providers, your visit will be longer.
  • Note: If your scheduled appointments last more than 2 hours total, please ask the reception desk for a parking pass.
• Return visits typically take 30 to 60 minutes per provider.

Please call 206-987-2028 at least 5 business days in advance if you need to cancel or reschedule an appointment.

If you anticipate arriving more than 10 minutes late, please call to reschedule.

Patients who arrive more than 20 minutes late will be rescheduled.

A new referral may be required from your primary care provider if 1 of the following occurs 3 or more times:

• You cancel an appointment with less than 24 hours’ notice
• You do not come to a scheduled appointment

Find your location in our map and directions section. Check in 15 minutes before your appointment to allow time for registration.