Rebecca – @rjhogue ∼ BC Becky

We need to talk about ethics and social media: a conversation

Thu October 4, 2018

I had been told that the book release was imminent, but I didn’t really believe it. Then, earlier this week my Google Scholar alert popup [...]

And alternative CV #unboundeq #altcv

Thu September 13, 2018

Emotional Journey

I have been reflecting on the alternative CV activity in the Equity Unbound course for over a week now. I tried to do something visual, [...]

Greater themes

Sun September 2, 2018

Health Literacy

In reading today’s post by Carolyn Thomas at Heart Sisters, she talks about a show on CBC Radio (Michael Enright’s Sunday Edition), and how the [...]

Relational and activity based identities

Tue May 8, 2018

Emotional Journey

I’m currently reading Teaching, Learning, Literacy in Our High-Risk High-Tech World: A Framework for Becoming Human by James Paul Gee (2017). In it, he talks about [...]

Precision social media support – an #epatient example

Thu March 1, 2018

Three years and counting

In early January, I joined Christopher at Just Talking for a podcast. One of the topics that came up during the podcast was the role [...]

Experience, expression, and meaning making

Wed January 17, 2018

Emotional Journey

I’m finding myself in a bit of a challenging position right now. I don’t know if it is a funk – or just kind of [...]

breast cancer bootcamp

Sat November 4, 2017

Health Literacy

At the BCC annual conference yesterday, one of the speakers, Dr. David Spiegel, mentioned that patients have much less anxiety if they take time at the [...]

Critical health literacy, statistics, and treatment decisions

Thu November 2, 2017

Health Literacy

I was asked to choose between ACT chemotherapy and TC chemotherapy. Both were shown to be as effective, so the decision was mine. In making [...]

Health literacy as a patients job

Wed October 25, 2017

Research

An article on Simplifying patient communication can lead to better health outcomes by Eve Becker, crossed my stream today. I was struck by this statement: [...]

Is it critical if you don’t also question the value?

Mon October 23, 2017

Research

Thanks to Marie’s weekly round-up, I was lead to a post on Critical Health Literacy by the Breast Cancer Consortium. Initially, I really liked that [...]