Communicating well with professionals in and beyond your usual sphere is an important topic. And it’s close to my heart. Like many of you, I do it every day.
Last week, I was in New York City.
I’d been invited back to Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, and the Region 2 Public Health Training Center, to give another talk. It was second in a three-part series designed to introduce some communication skills to leaders in public health departments. Using my approach of building BRIDGES, it was specifically focused on multi-sector partnerships.
In these talks, and articles, and podcasts, and workshops, I’m coming from my experience (mainly in the education sector), talking to an audience who’s mainly in the health sector.
It’s tricky work. I like to think I’ve gotten better at it over time, but it can still get me queasy and second-guess-y.
That’s not to say when I was still working in the education sector, it was all rainbows and sunshine. Most of what I learned about interprofessional communication came from decades of collaborating–or, trying to collaborate–with colleagues.
We know it takes a village. We know none of us is as smart as all of us.
Still, the challenges are real.
I’ve written and podcasted about some of what I’ve learned, and what health professionals have shared with me, about some challenges we may face during interprofessional communication.
After my recent talk, I thought now’s the right time for an infographic.
So here we are! Enjoy (would it be too not-subtle if you shared with colleagues?).
