Family physician and physician leader Dr. Saria Saccocio has found connections between communication and people’s sense of belonging in an organization. Belonging is one of the traits she’s noticed across the most successful teams in healthcare. Dr. Saccocio shares some practical communication strategies she uses to encourage a sense of belonging in organizations. Clinician well-being […]
Reflective Practice
Episode 122 A hidden way health literacy can be an obstacle to better health outcomes
There’s been a trend in some health literacy papers, presentations and conversations I’ve seen lately. Here’s one way health literacy can become an obstacle to better health outcomes–and it might not be the one you’re thinking. Listen here and read the transcript below. PS – As you may have heard, my podcast hosting duties were […]
Three videos I’ve watched this week about health communication
There’s no shortage of videos out there when it comes to health communication. Since the pandemic, and everything necessarily going virtual, it’s easy to sign up for webinars and presentations on the topics that we care about most. If you’re anything like me, and don’t get to watch them live, you promise yourself you will […]
Episode 121 This podcast series will now be hosted by my cat
If communicating across difference is important to you, we have an exciting announcement: My cat will be the new host of this show! Listen here and read the transcript below. If communicating across cultural and social difference is important to you, we have an exciting announcement in this episode! Hi everybody. I’m Dr. Anne Marie […]
Episode 120 Making sense of what we read about health equity
How do you make sense of the range and variation in the way health equity is written about? In this episode, I share one way I help myself make sense of the complexity of health equity in articles I read. Hear the episode here and read the transcript below. A recent JAMA article brought attention […]
How does our first COVID podcast episode hold up, 2 years later?
It is strange to look back. As we all enter our third year with COVID-19, many of us are taking stock. Many things have changed. So many have not. Over 2 years ago, on February 6, 2020, we dropped this episode. Knowing what we know now, I still stand by what I said in this […]