Thursday, April 27, 2023

Conference Notes 2

I got back yesterday. It's good to be home!

What I learned:

  • Social skills can be improved with practice. When there is no practice, social skills (especially for me, conversation skills) become very, very rusty.
  • I like people. I like getting to know people - where they went to school, what their hobbies are, what they are interested in.
  • There are some people I don't particularly want to get to know.
  • Silence is gold.
  • When I feel awkward, people pick up on it.
  • When I feel confident, people pick up on it.
  • No one trusts AI.
  • Making scientific and medical publications more accessible to patients (both in terms of actual access and in terms of using plain language) is empowering for patients.
  • Plain language summaries provide language that can be used by doctors and nurses when they discuss complex medical situations with patients.
  • There are no real shortcuts when doing gap analysis. It is still, mostly, brute force. 
  • People like stories that they can connect to emotionally.

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