This week, I was at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, …
Clinical Communication
The more differences between you and your patient, the more important it is to ditch deficit thinking
One medical educator wrote me in response to the podcast, “How a small change in …
Health communication has all the pitfalls of everyday communication
Wouldn't it be nice if we could magically leave our awkwardness, doubt, or …
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“I don’t want to unintentionally offend people”
I was coaching a physician on communication, and at one point our conversation …
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12 Reflective practice prompts for health professionals
[This post available as a podcast episode here.] I have heard “reflective …
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What does health literacy mean to you?
A few months ago, I decided to conduct an informal survey. I’d begun thinking …