Health literacy is one of the hottest topics in health communication. In this episode, you’ll learn 11 quick things you and your colleagues can do to prepare for patients with low literacy, and help improve all patients’ health literacy. Show Transcript: Hi This is 10 minutes to better patient communication. I’m Dr. Anne Marie Liebel. […]
If you wonder about these health communication issues, you’re not alone
When things go wrong at work–or something just bugs us–it can be easy to push these negative thoughts aside and move on. It’s especially easy to dismiss our concerns if we don’t hear others talking about similar issues. Maybe, we tell ourselves, it’s nothing. Or we assume it’s a problem no one else has. So it shouldn’t […]
11 Health literacy tips for Providers
Health literacy is one of the hottest topics in health. And October is health literacy month. So this month, we’ll be featuring it around here. A nurse manager recently talked with me about a concern she had about patients’ health literacy. A few weeks earlier, she’d been preparing to see a patient. When looking at […]
5 ways patient background knowledge can help you (and your patient)
A few weeks ago I wrote about 5 steps you could take to improve your patient education. I promised I would dig deeper into that material. That’s what this article is about. Specifically, we’re taking a closer look at patient knowledge. Let’s start with some data: Elisabeth is describing her first meeting with her new […]
Reducing cultural bias in your medical metaphors
Are your metaphors missing some of your patients? In this episode, you’ll learn about: what makes metaphors work the two parts of a metaphor metaphors to avoid Don’t forget to subscribe to us in iTunes, and rate & review! We read ’em. EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Metaphors and analogies are favored tools of poets — and doctors. […]
How patient misconceptions can be your secret advantage
Patient misconceptions are one of the most popular topics among the providers Dr. Liebel’s met. It seemed a good place to start the series! In this episode, you’ll learn about: what misconceptions really are and where they come from, how embracing misconceptions can improve patient relationships, making misconceptions your secret advantage in patient education. Don’t […]