Medical Conversation https://medicalconversation.com/ Improved Conversations for Improved Health Tue, 12 May 2020 13:53:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://medicalconversation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Company-Image-500-x-500-32x32.png Medical Conversation https://medicalconversation.com/ 32 32 A Secret For Learning https://medicalconversation.com/a-secret-for-learning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-secret-for-learning Wed, 06 May 2020 03:10:59 +0000 https://thestructuredconversation.com/?p=1559 Hmmm...today's seven paragraph post manages to weave our daily morning trudge, high school mathematics, slimy excuses for getting out of meetings, a surprise lecture on the lost Cahokia civilization, a kink in the matrix, learning theory, an image of children being strapped to their chairs and pushed through exciting journeys, and — most unfortunately —a missing coffee machine. Enjoy!

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]]> Welcome Educators (and parents, and students) https://medicalconversation.com/welcome-educators/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=welcome-educators Mon, 04 May 2020 22:30:37 +0000 https://thestructuredconversation.com/?p=1529 Welcome! This blog seeks courageous individuals who have information to contribute, who have discovered a more effective means to teach our students, or perfect the 'educational mission' — and seek a hill from which to shout it from.

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]]> Precision of communication is important, more important than ever, in our era of hair trigger balances, when a false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act. —James Thurber https://medicalconversation.com/precision-of-communication-is-important-more-important-than-ever-in-our-era-of-hair-trigger-balances-when-a-false-or-misunderstood-word-may-create-as-much-disaster-as-a-sudden-thoughtless-act/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=precision-of-communication-is-important-more-important-than-ever-in-our-era-of-hair-trigger-balances-when-a-false-or-misunderstood-word-may-create-as-much-disaster-as-a-sudden-thoughtless-act https://medicalconversation.com/precision-of-communication-is-important-more-important-than-ever-in-our-era-of-hair-trigger-balances-when-a-false-or-misunderstood-word-may-create-as-much-disaster-as-a-sudden-thoughtless-act/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:43:35 +0000 https://thestructuredconversation.com/?p=1079 Precision of communication is important, more important than ever, in our era of hair trigger balances, when a false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden […]

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]]> https://medicalconversation.com/precision-of-communication-is-important-more-important-than-ever-in-our-era-of-hair-trigger-balances-when-a-false-or-misunderstood-word-may-create-as-much-disaster-as-a-sudden-thoughtless-act/feed/ 1 Be silent, or say something better than silence. — Pythagoras https://medicalconversation.com/be-silent-or-say-something-better-than-silence-pythagoras/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=be-silent-or-say-something-better-than-silence-pythagoras Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:40:34 +0000 https://thestructuredconversation.com/?p=1077 Be silent, or say something better than silence. — Pythagoras

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]]> When you stop communicating, you become poor. ―Meir Ezra https://medicalconversation.com/when-you-stop-communicating-you-become-poor-%e2%80%95meir-ezra/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-you-stop-communicating-you-become-poor-%25e2%2580%2595meir-ezra Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:38:28 +0000 https://thestructuredconversation.com/?p=1075 When you stop communicating, you become poor. ―Meir Ezra

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]]> If we wish to achieve better communication, we should feel free to make changes in the ways we communicate. ―Dr. Prem Jagyasi https://medicalconversation.com/if-we-wish-to-achieve-better-communication-we-should-feel-free-to-make-changes-in-the-ways-we-communicate-%e2%80%95dr-prem-jagyasi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=if-we-wish-to-achieve-better-communication-we-should-feel-free-to-make-changes-in-the-ways-we-communicate-%25e2%2580%2595dr-prem-jagyasi Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:37:30 +0000 https://thestructuredconversation.com/?p=1073 If we wish to achieve better communication, we should feel free to make changes in the ways we communicate. ―Dr. Prem Jagyasi

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]]> There is no communication that is so simple that it cannot be misunderstood. ―Luigina Sgarro https://medicalconversation.com/there-is-no-communication-that-is-so-simple-that-it-cannot-be-misunderstood-%e2%80%95luigina-sgarro/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=there-is-no-communication-that-is-so-simple-that-it-cannot-be-misunderstood-%25e2%2580%2595luigina-sgarro Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:36:49 +0000 https://thestructuredconversation.com/?p=1071 There is no communication that is so simple that it cannot be misunderstood. ―Luigina Sgarro

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]]> Opening up a conversation can be opening up a world of new possibilities. ―Michelle Lederman https://medicalconversation.com/opening-up-a-conversation-can-be-opening-up-a-world-of-new-possibilities-%e2%80%95michelle-lederman/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=opening-up-a-conversation-can-be-opening-up-a-world-of-new-possibilities-%25e2%2580%2595michelle-lederman Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:36:15 +0000 https://thestructuredconversation.com/?p=1069 Opening up a conversation can be opening up a world of new possibilities. ―Michelle Lederman

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]]> The fact that I’m using words doesn’t necessarily mean that I’m saying anything. ―Craig D. Lounsbrough https://medicalconversation.com/the-fact-that-im-using-words-doesnt-necessarily-mean-that-im-saying-anything-%e2%80%95craig-d-lounsbrough/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-fact-that-im-using-words-doesnt-necessarily-mean-that-im-saying-anything-%25e2%2580%2595craig-d-lounsbrough Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:35:22 +0000 https://thestructuredconversation.com/?p=1067 The fact that I’m using words doesn’t necessarily mean that I’m saying anything. ―Craig D. Lounsbrough

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]]> Don’t assume that prior communication has been effective and that people get it. ―Benjamin Komlos https://medicalconversation.com/dont-assume-that-prior-communication-has-been-effective-and-that-people-get-it-%e2%80%95benjamin-komlos/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dont-assume-that-prior-communication-has-been-effective-and-that-people-get-it-%25e2%2580%2595benjamin-komlos Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:34:08 +0000 https://thestructuredconversation.com/?p=1065 Don’t assume that prior communication has been effective and that people get it. ―Benjamin Komlos

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