When this physician was diagnosed with cancer, she confronted her assumptions about patients, communication, and education. Board-certified family physician Dr. Beverly Zavaleta tells us what happened, and how it changed her practice. Listen below, or read the transcript. At Health Communication Partners, we work quite a lot with communication between patients and clinicians. But what happens […]
Patient Centered
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 […]
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 […]
What topics would you like to see on Health Communication Partners in 2020?
Happy 2020, everyone! You know by now that with HCP, you can develop your own tool-box for communication and education. We’ve got you covered, with our Communication practice app Research-based articles Podcast series and Free Member Library. At New Year last year, I wrote Why I started Health Communication Partners. To boil it down, I am […]
Dr. Jane Shaw on end-of-life conversations in Veterinary Medicine
“Pets don’t live as long as people do.” With this simple truth, Dr. Jane Shaw introduced me to the realities of end-of-life conversations in Veterinary Medicine. She added, “For us, end of life communication and practice is core to being a vet.” I was lucky enough to interview Dr. Shaw recently for our podcast series. […]
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Health Communication Partners is about health literacy, digital health literacy, patient education, and health communication. With a constant drumbeat of reflective practice, equity, avoiding deficit perspectives, and being culturally- and linguistically-relevant. The resources on HealthCommunicationPartners.com are not based on what I think you need to hear. They’re based on the challenges that people like you […]