Effective Communication for Diabetes Care During COVID-19

On this episode, Shireen chats with Registered Dietician Nutritionist, Barbara Mayfield, about nutrition communication,  the ways that healthcare professionals can effectively communicate with patients living with diabetes, and medical communication in the era of COVID-19.

Barbara is the founder and president of Nutrition Communicator LLC, where she leads nutrition professionals to become confident and compelling communicators. Barb served as editor for the recently published book from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics titled, Communicating Nutrition: The Authoritative Guide - leading a team of 57 experts in nutrition communication.

"Communication is the essence of being an effective nutritionist. And so if you have expertise in an area, and yet aren't able to communicate about that expertise to your patients, your clients, your customers, whoever your audience is, then it really isn't of any value."

On this episode you will learn about:

The importance of effective communication in healthcare

Factors to consider when communicating specifically with individuals living with diabetes

Building patient confidence and understanding through effective nutrition communication

The differences between communicating with caretakers and communicating with patients

Nutrition communication during the COVID-19 pandemic

Keynotes:

[1:05] Barb discusses her journey to nutrition, specifically nutrition communication

[3:26] Highlighting the importance of effective communication in healthcare

[8:52] Key factors to think about when communicating with patients living with diabetes

[10:30] Working to build patient confidence and knowledge surrounding nutrition

[11:14] Communicating with caretakers vs. communicating with patients

[15:00] COVID-19 and nutrition communication

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LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-mayfield/

Barb on Twitter https://twitter.com/BarbMayfield

Nutrition Communicator on Twitter https://twitter.com/NCommunicator

Website https://www.nutritioncommunicator.com/

Preorder Communicating Nutrition: The Authoritative Guide https://www.amazon.com/Communicating-Nutrition-Authoritative-Barbara-Mayfield/dp/0880910178/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=communicating+nutrition+the+authoritative+guide&qid=1596486020&sr=8-1

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