Tech companies and leaders are trying to help digital health solutions live up to their goals of promoting health equity. As a researcher and educator, I’m especially attuned to equity issues in communication and health literacy when it comes to digital health solutions. Here are 4 ten minute podcast episodes I hope might be helpful […]
Health Literacy & Digital Health Literacy
Read this when you need encouragement on the road to health equity
It’s Health Communication Partners’ 4th anniversary! You know by now that reflective practice is core to what we do around here. Today, I’m reflecting. I promised this year that health equity would be ‘front and center‘ for HCP. I wanted to see how we were doing so far. I admit, I also needed some cheering […]
Episode 105 3 ways employers can improve their RTO communication
If you’re communicating with employees about return-to-office, this episode shares three quick steps you can take to improve how you communicate about health topics. Listen here and read the transcript below. EPISODE TRANSCRIPT I’ve been watching the last couple weeks as employers are having to communicate with employees about health topics involved with return to […]
Special Anniversary Sale Pricing on Audiobooks & Workshop
It’s our 4th Anniversary! I’ve been an educator for over 25 years. I built this site 4 years ago as a way to translate, synthesize, and share some of the best research on language, literacy and learning from the education sector into the health sector. Everything on this site (including our podcast series) is based […]
Episode 104 7 Ways to be good to yourself (and your students) this Academic Year
No matter who, what, or where you educate, here are 7 ways you can be good to yourself and your students or learners as we begin the Academic Year. Listen hear and read the transcript below. EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Somehow, unbelievably, the new Academic Year is starting. If you’re an educator in any environment—academic, non-profit, corporate, […]
Online Education Resources
The next academic year is upon us. Health Professions Educators are looking for educational resources for patient communication and patient education. And HCP is here to help! These aren’t just any resources. They’re original, and they’re exclusive to HCP. They all share a commitment to health equity and to disrupting deficit perspectives. They’re not ‘one more […]