Every 2 weeks for 5 years, “10 Minutes to Better Patient Communication” has been bringing you new avenues into health communication, patient education and health literacy. Find out how one physician answered the question “what is health literacy,” and hear the new sound we got for our birthday! Happy Birthday, “10 Minutes!” For 5 years, […]
Episode 135 Busting some literacy myths: Literacy is a skill
If you care about health literacy, in this episode you’ll learn why busting the myth that literacy is a skill can help you in your work–and what you can do instead. EPISODE TRANSCRIPT It’s health literacy month again, so here’s another look at some literacy myths. If you care about health literacy, I’ll tell you […]
Busting some literacy myths: Literacy is a skill
If you care about health literacy, in this episode you’ll learn why busting the myth that literacy is a skill can help you in your work–and what you can do instead. EPISODE TRANSCRIPT It’s health literacy month again, so here’s another look at some literacy myths. If you care about health literacy, I’ll tell you […]
Addressing health equity is “the important topic of our times”
What is the past–and future–of health equity research, theory, practice, and policy? Comments from an oncologist kick off some thinking. I recently had an interesting conversation with an oncologist about health equity and communication. It got me going back and forth in time. I want to share some of what we talked about, in hopes […]
Thanks to our listeners, we passed 100k+ downloads!
This is great news! Thank you, everyone! Who knew such a tiny, niche podcast series could have such a fabulous listener community? Because of you, “10 Minutes to Better Patient Communication” has more than 100,000 downloads. It’s spread by word of mouth, and we’re so grateful. Do you know what this means? It means there […]
A love letter to everyone who talks with patients
I’ve been reflecting on the stories different people have shared with me about talking with patients. Whether from hospital staff, community health workers, or medical staff, these stories have important things in common. This is some of what I appreciate about you and the complexity of the work you do. So many people now are […]