I found two different translations for "going to see a doctor," and I was
wondering which contexts you would use each in.

The first is 受診{じゅしん}する which is defined on jisho.org as "having a medical
examination; seeing a doctor​."

The other option I found on jisho was （医者に）見てもらう。My understanding of this is
that a literal translation would be "I received the favor of (being seen by) a
doctor."

The first translation makes sense in that it literally refers to the
examination. However, if you wanted to say, "I'm going to see a doctor [at a
specific time]" (like tomorrow, today, etc) which one of these phrases would
you pick? How would this be different from indicating continuing care by
saying "I am being seen by a doctor" (on a continuing basis)?

Thanks, folks!
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translation word-choice
to see a doctor
You can use both:

>   * 明日(病院を)受診します。
>   * 明日(医者に)見てもらいます。
>   * (月に2回)皮膚科を受診しています。
>   * (月に2回)皮膚科の先生に見てもらっています。
>

Difference:

  * 受診 sounds relatively more objective and formal because it's a kango (See: [wago-and-kango](/questions/tagged/wago-and-kango "show questions tagged 'wago-and-kango'")). But it's safe also in casual conversations.
  * 受診 can take an institute name as a direct object.
  * As you already know, てもらう carries some nuance of "receiving favor", but it's not an issue unless you dislike the doctor.

As an aside, 見る can be [replaced by
診る](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/30738/5010).
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It's like going against the premise of the question, but neither is the most
popular expression people use to mean "visit a doctor to take medical
treatment". We usually say 病院に行く or 医者に行く（お医者さんに行く）. For seeing a doctor
constantly, we use [通う](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/45457/meaning/m0u/).

So:

> 3時に病院に行きます。  
>  明日お医者さんに行きます。  
>  毎月歯医者に通っています。 (歯医者 _dentist_ )

Now,

  * **見てもらう**  
Context-wise, this word is likely used when you are already focused on (care
about) a specific symptom you have, such as "I have an unusual headache, so
I'm going to see a doctor" or "I have a such-and-such chronic disease, so I
must see the doctor every week". That's because it literally mean _have it
seen (= diagnosed, treated)_.

  * **受診する**  
Although it's a single word to mean "see a doctor", the term is not a very
casual word, say, for a child to use. Of course, it is okay for whoever an
adult to use it in conversation, just always sounds like "ophthalmologist"
instead of "eye doctor" (I hope I didn't misspell).
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