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Last week I had the opportunity to interview Jamiu Busari, a leading figure of the healthcare education scene today, and a keynote speaker at AMEE.    In this interview, we discussed Jamiu’s career, achievements and some insights on the upcoming keynote talk at AMEE. Jamiu shared insights on the evolution of medical practice, the impact

Does your doctor’s consultation room feel cold and impersonal? It might be affecting your communication! This blog post explores how the design of a consultation room can influence patient-doctor interaction, privacy, and even medical student training. I will provide tips to create a space that fosters trust and open communication, leading to a better healthcare

In the setting of healthcare, the emphasis has traditionally been on technical expertise and clinical knowledge. However, in recent years, the importance of soft skills in medical practice has gained recognition. These skills, encompassing communication, empathy, teamwork, and professionalism among others, are pivotal not only for fostering positive patient outcomes but also for shaping a

Nonverbal communication is a very broad term used to describe any communication that is not related to the spoken word such as facial expressions, gestures, body language and many more. Humans are always communicating even when we don’t speak, the saying “silence can be louder than words” is very much true. This blog will discuss

Medical faculties rarely struggle to record video. The difficult part is managing what happens afterwards. Clinical skills training often involves multiple assessors, sensitive recordings, structured feedback, and long term competency tracking. A generic recording platform may capture the interaction, but it usually does not support the educational workflow around it. This becomes particularly visible in

Most healthcare professionals will tell you they learn from experience. Unexamined experience does not reliably produce learning, though. It produces habit. Reflective practice is the process that turns experience into insight, and insight into better clinical behaviour. This post covers what the research shows, how the main frameworks work, and how to build reflective practice

The Dutch population is blessed with an excellent healthcare system. The Netherlands has a consistent place in the top three of the world index of healthcare innovation and scores highly on many other medical quality indexes. Anyone working in quality knows that quality is a process not a destination. In a series of interviews I