Regular Features

In each issue of The Healthcare Collaborator, we feature several regular "departments," including:

Strategy Center
This section offers a collection of brief strategies and tips relating to each issue's theme.

Question of the Month
Get the answers to readers' questions about specific communication-related dilemmas in each issue.

Featured Interview
Gain new insights from our monthly interviews with a notable health care professional or communications expert who has special expertise in our subject area.

Dos and Don'ts
Learn the right way to use suggested strategies and what pitfalls to avoid.

Difficult Situations
Find out how to deal more effectively with difficult behaviors and situations.

Success Stories
Read real life stories of health care professionals who have used communication strategies to turn negative encounters into collaborative ones.

Training Tips
Use our sample curricula to develop a training session on each newsletter's theme.

Readers' Advice
Give us your suggestions for improvements or ideas for themes of upcoming issues in our "Readers' Survey."

Book Store
See our recommendations for readings on each issue's theme that you can purchase from Amazon.com.

This page was updated in July, 2002.