Clinical Communication

Welcome to this new type of episode where I take other clinicians communication queries and discus them to help fellow clinicians with similar dilemmas. If you’ve got a query that you’d like help with (and are happy to...

This is a different episode to usual, as for the first time ever rather than a clinician I am joined by someone with a very rare condition. On this episode I am joined by Jen who has a diagnosis of thevery rare painful...

Conversations with young athletes and their parents can lead to a range of difficult topics related to recovery, performance or even changing sport entirely. On this episode Ben is joined by Angela Jackson, YoungAthlete...

Experiences are often much more powerful for influencing beliefs and understanding that words and descriptions. Behavioural experiments give you an option to achieve this. But what does this mean? How should we go about...

Most clinicians are in the business of behaviour change,whether that’s with patients or members of staff. A task that often sounds easy, but can be very difficult at times. But what really changes behaviour? Do previous...

What can make explanations more memorable? How do you ensure the person in front of you has understood it as you intentioned? When is the right time to explain? This is a different episode to usual as it is a recording...

We often consider high level performers as those that work in sports or entertainment, but there's another group of high level performers who you may come across everyday, which is those in the corporate world. This...

Being a supportive clinician and team player can lead tomany benefits across services, but are there downsides if we become too nice? Could less evidence-based care go unchallenged? Could avoiding conflict mean patients...

An aspect of clinical practice we can often take for granted is informing patients about "normal" imaging findings. Just say it's alright, reassure and move on right? Yet this is a conversation that they've waited a...

This may come as a surprise, but one of my biggest passionsthroughout life has been professional wrestling, and as we are in the week of Wrestlemania 42 I’ve got THE Physio for British Wrestling, Big John Rehab, to talk...

The person in front of you will form an impression and judgement about you within the first few seconds and minutes of meeting you that is then hard to change, so it's important to get right. Starting a consultation or...

With growing awareness and diagnosis rates, neurodiversity is becoming a very talked about topic and coming up more and more in healthcare conversations. How could we better support those with neurodiversity? Should you...

There was big news last week, after months of suspicion and anticipation I have produced and released the worlds first guide that clinicans can use in practice to help with differential diagnosis of chronic widespread...

Behaviour change conversations can be tricky, but one part most at risk of going wrong and derailing the conversation is raising the topic of the behaviour itself, especially if the person in front of you isn't...

Many clinicians deliver talks or presentations around the world every day - yet the vast majority leave a lot to be desired. This episode may sound like a rant, But it is really a blueprint on how to deliver a...