Dr. Lachelle Dawn Weeks, a Fellow at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, talks about the concept of wholeness: about clinicians showing up whole, seeing a patient as a whole person, and how wholeness makes for better patient communication. Listen here and read the transcript below. EPISODE TRANSCRIPT In today’s episode, I interview Dr. Lachelle Dawn Weeks, a Fellow […]
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Resources for Health Professions Educators
Health professions faculty are being told to prepare hybrid or online course offerings for next year. As you prepare for next semester, whatever it holds, HCP has world-class digital educational materials. Our latest digital download: Addressing Implicit Bias Audiobook Bundle, 2nd Edition Perfect for hybrid, face-to-face or remote learning Use as one lesson […]
Episode #97 Why this isn’t your typical health communication podcast
“10 Minutes to Better Patient Communication” has more than fifty thousand downloads! In this episode, you’ll learn some of what makes this series tick, one of the secret ingredients that makes it unique, and why you’re brave for listening to this show. Listen here and read the episode transcript below. This podcast series, 10 Minutes to […]
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We’re celebrating a big podcast milestone! “10 Minutes to Better Patient Communication” has passed 50,000 downloads! We’ve worked really hard to make these episodes, but it’s you who’ve made this number happen. This show is spread mainly by word of mouth. Thank you for downloading, listening, and sharing. You might not know this, but our podcast […]
Episode #96 Six reasons we should care what ‘health equity’ means
What is meant by the term “health equity” is far from obvious. Particularly in research and policy, the impact of differences in the meaning of a term can be significant. Here’s six reasons why we need to keep our eye on the ball when it comes to the meaning of health equity–and concrete, practical ways […]
Episode #93 Revisiting patient misconceptions
Everyone’s talking about vaccines, and talking about talking about vaccines. And there are plenty of misconceptions to go around. In this episode we go back to the first topic in this podcast series–misconceptions. You’ll learn about: what misconceptions really are and where they come from, why embracing misconceptions can improve patient education, how misconceptions can work […]