Since 2017, you’ve turned to HCP for equity-oriented support in communication and patient education. What helps make our approach unique is reflective practice. Professionals across the health sector constantly reflect. On what we do, what we take for granted, and how we can do better– in our communities, as professionals, as human beings. And how […]
Reflective Practice
2 concrete actions to advance health equity
Advancing health equity is a national priority. I don’t know about you, but that fact alone still strikes me as remarkable. There’s been an alignment of interests, as organizations across the health sector are responsible for impacting health equity. Organizational leaders are moving from the theoretical to the practical in their health equity strategy, and […]
Episode 158 Dr. Raj Sundar on considering cultural context during patient communication, Part 1
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 […]
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? […]