Prompt: Explaining Success Rates to a Patient

The Prompt

Help me prepare language for explaining IVF success rates to a patient aged {{patient_age}} who {{context — e.g., "has read that success rates for her age group are low and feels discouraged" or "is comparing our clinic's figures to national averages she found online"}}.

The explanation should be:
- Honest — I will not offer false hope
- Compassionate — this is a hard conversation
- Clear — plain English, no statistics-jargon

Please help me explain the following concept: {{concept — e.g., "the difference between a per-transfer success rate and a cumulative rate across multiple cycles" or "why population averages do not fully predict an individual's outcome"}}.

Include a suggestion for how to open the conversation before giving numbers — I want to acknowledge the emotional weight of the question first.

Keep the total response under 300 words.

Privacy reminder: Describe the patient situation in general terms only. No names, dates of birth, or clinic reference numbers.

Why This Works

Asking for an opening before the statistics is the key feature here. AI often jumps straight to information. This prompt forces it to model the emotional structure of a good counselling conversation first — acknowledge, then explain.

How to Tweak It

• If the patient has already had a cycle, add: "The patient has had previous cycles. Factor in how this affects the emotional weight of the conversation."
• To prepare for a couple rather than an individual, add: "This conversation will be with a couple. Include a note about how to address both partners' questions."