
Brief Encounter: Long Visit Fallacy
During this Brief Encounter in The Exam Room, Dr. Vartabedian counters the long-held belief that a long visit with the doctor is a good visit. But as we learn, a successful encounter is more about und...
3 Apr 20203min

The Lost Family with Libby Copeland
This episode with author Libby Copeland discusses her new book, The Lost Family. This book explores what happens when we participate in the vast social experiment of personal genomics with little unde...
26 Mar 202034min

Brief Encounter: Bridging the doctor patient divide to improve communication
What are the biggest challenges doctors face is bridging the doctor-patient divide that’s the gap that separates the way doctors and patients see a problem. This Brief Encounter sheds a light on this ...
20 Mar 20205min

Brief Encounter: COVID-19 Infodemic and the Question of Expertise
It’s not that surprising, really. When you take a public health crisis and mix it with people desperate for traffic and attention everyone becomes as an expert. It’s democratized media meets ego. Lea...
13 Mar 20206min

Brief Encounter: TikTok and the WHO
The world health organization (WHO) is now on TikTok. So what does it mean and what lessons can we draw from this 'novel' relationship. "Brief Encounter" is a new format of show from the Exam Room. Ex...
5 Mar 20203min

Creative Jam with EPAM Continuum’s Ken Gordon
This episode features a conversation with Ken Gordon, community strategist for EPAM Continuum, a global innovation design firm. An accomplished writer and self-described humanist, Ken’s views on the m...
21 Mai 201934min

Fighting the Anti-Vaccine Machine - How one pediatrician took the fight to social media
This show features Dr. Todd Wolynn, the Pittsburgh pediatrician who is fighting back against coordinated attacks on physicians by the anti-vaccine movement. The show covers the specific strategic coun...
5 Apr 201936min

Quick Hit: Physician Influence and Authority
A 6 minute nugget explores the tension between physician influence and authority online. With the rise of social media there are new places to share information and exert influence. In fact, we are be...
8 Mar 20197min


















