Ways to communicate uncertainty:
Art Nahill: Clearly communicating uncertainty is important - it can't be just hedging.
@DrCarmelCrock: Explicitly incorporating patient's contribution into the diagnosis
#CollaboratingWithClinicians @DrMaryDahm @online_als
"Once you know it's ok to be uncertain, do you know how to express it?" @DrMaryDahm #CollaboratingWithClinicians #DiagnosticUncertainty @online_als
"when we go through medical school every question we're asked has a specific answer yet when we get out into clinical practice we realise very few questions actually have answers" Art Nahill #CollaboratingWithClinicians @DrCarmelCrock @DrMaryDahm
"If you're trying to communicate uncertainty you've got to have a really good relationship with that person to communicate that uncertainty" @DrCarmelCrock #CollaboratingWithClinicians @online_als
"Diagnosis is more about a hypothesis than about a factual occurrence and therefore it's all the most important that when you are discussing a diagnosis with a patient that that is understood by the patient" #DiagnosticUncertainty #CollaboratingWithClinicians @DrCarmelCrock
Communication needs to be seen as relational work not just informational. This helps with making shared decisions @DrMaryDahm @DrCarmelCrock @online_als #CollaboratingWithClinicians
Up to 4000 deaths a year are due to diagnostic error in Australia. Around 25% of diagnostic error cases have a communication element. #CollaboratingWithClinicians @online_als @DrMaryDahm @DrCarmelCrock
"Discourse analysis highlights the discursive strategies used that interweave relational and clinical goals" @JulieLeask @DrToniaCrawfor1 @online_als #CollaboratingWithClinicians
Legitimising concerns is very important - in vaccine hesitancy, the concern is based on care and love for a child. That's what can be legitimised. #CollaboratingWithClinicians @online_als @DrToniaCrawfor1 @JulieLeask
Rapport and empathy are achieved through different discursive strategies @DrToniaCrawfor1 @JulieLeask #CollaboratingWithClinicians @online_als
Personalised communication, not authoritative communication, is important for effectively addressing parent and patient concerns in vaccine conversations @DrToniaCrawfor1 @JulieLeask #CollaboratingWithClinicians @online_als
Presentation of a case study of a difficult interaction by @DrToniaCrawfor1 and @JulieLeask "A discourse analysis of health provider interactions with parents who are reluctant to vaccinate" #CollaboratingWithClinicians @online_als
"The tools of applied linguistics allow us to track systematically the interactional consequences of communication choices that we make." A/Prof Peter Roger #CollaboratingWithClinicians @online_als
"Previous medical experience is really useful. It helps to shape the way that I can use applied linguistics." A/Prof Peter Roger #CollaboratingWithClinicians @online_als
A/Prof Peter Roger discusses his progression from medical doctor to linguist (PhD doctor) #CollaboratingWithClinicians @online_als
It is about the co-creation of knowledge and valuing all voices within that. #CollaboratingWithClinicians
Involve clinicians early when you're collaborating. #CollaboratingWithClinicians @online_als
"It's really important to come as a collaborator [with clinicians]... don't treat us a lab rat." Prof John Cartmill #CollaboratingWithClinicians @online_als
"Clinical medicine needs the qualitative more than it knows." Prof John Cartmill #CollaboratingWithClinicians @online_als
All prepped for our panel on Collaborating with Clinicians at the Australian Linguistic Society 2020 Conference @online_als If you're watching, don't forget to use #CollaboratingWithClinicians and tag @DrMaryDahm and me!
