Preparing for Difficult Conversations
Preparing for difficult conversations with others is key. This blog will be helpful for healthcare professionals and a much wider audience. Additionally, patients and family members may also benefit from reading this blog. Sharing bad news or difficult information with patients and their families is…
Sharing Communication Teaching Resources
There has never been a greater time to pull together. Especially when we need to be creative in the way we teach and deliver communication skills training. Why re-invent the wheel though if we don’t have to? If we can share communication teaching resources online…
Part 3: Confirm a diagnosis
After seeing the doctor in the emergency department, an appointment was made for me to see a specialist doctor (Consultant) at my local hospital. I needed to see him to confirm a diagnosis and plan my care. I waited two weeks for this appointment. When…
Part 2: Reflecting on bad news
As I sit at home reflecting on the bad news I have been given I feel a little embarrassed. Even with my experience and knowledge, I had simply taken what this doctor had told me as fact; without question. The truth is, that when our…
Receiving bad news about cancer
Part 1: You have lesions in your lungs So, how did I end up receiving a bad news about cancer? Well, after a testing day of cycling, I ended up in the Emergency Department (ED) with a suspected broken back. What happened? I cycled through…
A way of Introduction
I wanted to write blogs for the website but I didn’t know where to begin. I have so much to say! In the end, I decided to start with a personal experience which has had a profound impact on my life. My story may well…