Health Communication Partners draws a wide and varied audience! One of the fun things about doing multisector, interdisciplinary work is that I get to hear about conferences outside my lane. So I’ve collected some of these soon-to-be-happening conferences to share with you. I bet something here will be news to you! They’re in chronological order–starting […]
Health Communication
A resource for addressing microaggressions in healthcare
Everyone has bias. Implicit bias has been shown to contribute to health disparities. Recent research has shown how public health, medical care, and human service providers can unintentionally contribute to health disparities. The evidence that physician behavior and decision making may contribute to racial inequalities in health care is difficult to reconcile with the fact […]
Podcast hits 25k downloads
Thanks to you, we’ve made a significant podcasting achievement: 25,000 downloads. Thank you! So today I’m sharing some milestones on the way to 25K. We’re growing! Now you can hear 10 Minutes to Better Patient Communication here, as well as on Apple Pocasts, Spotify, Google Play and Stitcher Thank you for downloading, sharing, subscribing, and offering suggestions for […]
How can patients’ misconceptions be helpful?
An Ob-Gyn told me, with some frustration, that she regularly encounters adult patients who have misconceptions about basic female anatomy. An Ob-patient educator agreed: “Sure. I’m often saying to patients, ‘our plumbing and our other parts are close together down there.’” Whether it’s about anatomy or something else, misconceptions happen. Patients may walk into the […]
4 Reminders when communicating about a health threat
The coronavirus has people talking, reading, tweeting, and viewing. (Image of ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), via CDC.) A forthcoming article from the Medical Journal of Australia asserts that “It is too early to tell how this outbreak will unfold, but we need to be prepared at all levels of the healthcare […]
Health Communication Hub
Welcome to the Health Communication Hub from Health Communication Partners A central place where you’ll find our top health communication resources Exclusively from Health Communication Partners. Online Course: Improving your Medical Metaphors Do your metaphors have the impact you want? Metaphors enhance health communication. They’re time-saving in their efficiency. But they can backfire when there’s […]