Physician and podcast host Dr. Raj Sundar talks with me about his efforts to improve his practice by considering cultural context during patient communication. Today’s episode is about communicating across cultural difference. I get to sit down with family physician Dr. Raj Sundar who has a special interest in getting better at communicating with patients […]
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It’s HCP’s 6th Anniversary!
It’s been a thrill, since 2017, to get to know you and people like you in health care, public health, and health professions, who are knocking themselves out to do everything you can to reduce health disparities and improve health equity. The biggest event in HCP’s history has been the launching of our COURSES + […]
Episode 157 The stories behind our courses
It’s the middle of a sunny morning in the Fall. I’m on the phone in the kitchen. Pacing. Back and forth and back and forth in the kitchen, out to the living room, around the living room, back again into the kitchen. I’m on the phone with my mentor, Dr. Susan Lytle. Susan is famous […]
Episode 156 How to reduce cultural bias in medical metaphors
Metaphors and analogies are powerful language tools. But they’re often culturally specific. Here’s one way to think about your metaphors–and some topics to avoid. Metaphors and analogies are powerful language tools. They’re important to the way we speak and think. And medical and public health professionals use them all the time. So what’s the problem? […]
Episode 155 Dr. Doron Dorfman on “Fear of the disability con”
For Disability Pride Month, I talk with disability law Professor Doron Dorfman about the phenomenon “fear of the disability con.” EPISODE TRANSCRIPT It’s Disability Pride Month. Today I talk with professor Doron Dorfman who specializes in disability law. Dr. Dorfman tells me about the widspread fear that disabled people are “faking it,” the impact of […]
The Joint Commission health equity National Patient Safety Goal takes effect
The emphasis is on action, with plenty of accountability. Here’s a tool to execute against your health equity strategic plan.