The Art of Healthcare
To deliver great Healthcare we need clinical skills AND human skills. The Art of Healthcare is a community dedicated to exploring the human side of what it takes to deliver awesome Healthcare.
The Art of Healthcare Podcast
Exploring the human side of healthcare with experts so we can better help the PERSON with the problem
Empathy is a trainable skill
Training for person perception and communication needs the same rigor and status as “hard skills training” This episode’s guest is Danielle Blanch Hartigan, PhD, MPH who is social scientist with interdisciplinary research and teaching interests in psychology and public health. Her research, broadly defined,...

A problem solving approach to person centred care
The concept of person-centred care is a complex one. To deliver true person-centred care there are a lot of components to be aware of and no definitive “How-to” manual. As healthcare providers we’re trained to solve problems. When it comes to person-centred care we...

Sleep, Treat, Perform, Repeat – Performance Healthcare
Delivering healthcare happens in a fast paced, often high stress and high stakes environment. The pressure is on us as providers to perform day in and day out to deliver high performance healthcare. Just like athletic performance doesn’t just come

Sleep, Treat, Perform, Repeat – Performance Healthcare
Delivering healthcare happens in a fast paced, often high stress and high stakes environment. The pressure is on us as providers to perform day in and day out to deliver high performance healthcare. Just like athletic performance doesn’t just come down to how well...

Making sense of the rules of health
How do people make sense of their health? And how does that inform their health behaviours? Two questions that this week’s guest Ben Darlow has been pondering for quite some time. How do we as health professionals help people make sense of their health,...

Putting the CARE in Healthcare
Who teaches us how to care? As health professionals we learn the “health” side of healthcare from textbooks, and lectures, and reviewed practice. BUT has anyone ever taught you the Care side? Or has it just been assumed that you have it, or worse,...

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Clinical skills can address the pathology BUT Human skills let us help the person
We bring together forward thinking healthcare professionals to develop the human skills that aren’t taught at university so that we can
- deliver great person-centered care
- be confident in our practice even in the toughest situations
- and redefine the way healthcare is practiced
The community offers a safe space to learn from experts and each other and grow our practice and ourselves
Human Skills Workshops
Want to go deeper with some specific training to upskill yourself or your team?
We offer a range of workshops both in person and virtually that can be tailored your needs. Workshop topics include.
- Facilitating healthy behaviour change
- Communicating complex scientific ideas in an easy to understand way
- Getting better at having courageous conversations
- Enhancing patient and team psychological safety
- Enhancing empathy in your practice
- More being added all the time
Check out our latest public workshops
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