Sarah J White
@drsarahjwhite.bsky.social
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Conversation doctor
“Video calls should have a height indicator so that people are more prepared for the three dimensional version of what they see on screen” - Sashi Perera 😂
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donni saphire
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You can pretend to have your shit together if you want. They don’t really check
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Surgery booked in for March next year. Given my job, I wonder if it would be tax deductible 😅
9 days ago
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Rounding out the year with a publication in Applied Clinical Informatics with a paper led by PhD student Kanesha Ward
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9 days ago
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We're offering our 10-week course on how to analyse conversation first thing in the new year. This asynchronous course takes you through how to do Conversation Analysis, from theoretical foundations through ethics and data collection to analysis and sharing your findings. Enrol today!
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9 days ago
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As the current course on Analysing Conversation is wrapping up, we're pleased to announce the next course will be available from 5 January 2026.
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Conversation Analysis
Unlock the secrets of Conversation Analysis and elevate your research skills with our comprehensive course. Enroll now to get started!
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12 days ago
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Re-introducing myself…
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14 days ago
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Nicole Holliday
27 days ago
Do you know Zoom & other companies are encouraging discrimination against employees for things like "pausing too long" or not sounding sufficiently "charismatic"? Read all about our dystopian present in my new paper, out today in JASA! (Seriously, read it. It's important)
doi.org/10.1121/10.0...
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Socially prescriptive speech technologies: Linguistic, technical, and ethical issues
Speech technology tools can be powerful and transformative for individuals, businesses, and governments. Socially prescriptive speech technology (SPST) systems
https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0039685
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Wonderful to see
@racgp.bsky.social
sharing our paper on consultation length in a newsGP article.
www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/profe...
Upfront agenda setting is an interesting conversational tool and can be awkward to do. Keep an eye out on the Bedside Manners blog for a post about it soon.
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newsGP - Does patient age and education affect consult length?
Research has looked into exactly what impacts the length of GP consultations, beyond the number of health concerns raised.
https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/professional/does-patient-age-and-education-affect-consult-leng
26 days ago
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BJGP Open
about 1 month ago
Call for articles! We are still welcoming submissions for these two special issues throughout 2025: ⭐ Integrating Social Care & Primary Care ⭐ Artificial Intelligence in Primary Care Find out more: Social Care:
bjgpopen.org/page/so...
AI:
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The impact of undervaluing communication training and support can result in significant harm. From my 2024 International Conference on Communication in Healthcare Plenary. Find the full video here:
youtu.be/U8O7JO5YnFs
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29 days ago
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Buy a silly shirt from me - on sale at the moment!
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about 1 month ago
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Jakub Mlynář
about 1 month ago
Lorenza has a new project on "Timed Bodies":
www.lorenzamondada.net/timedbodies
Some other things come to mind - of course it depends on what approach one takes:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Timed Bodies | LorenzaMondada.net
https://www.lorenzamondada.net/timedbodies
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Have to share this amazing thread in response to my random shout out for
#emca
writing on cognitive processing!
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about 1 month ago
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There’s so little on patient experience of intrauterine adhesions (shout out to
@amandarosswhite.bsky.social
for finding what was there). I’ve been researching how people describe pain and was curious to how this particular condition is described by those experiencing it… 🦗🦗🦗
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about 1 month ago
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Trying to find the latest on what CA folk are writing about "processing time" but struggling to find recent references. Has someone written about it recently? Maybe
@profjonathanpotter.bsky.social
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#emca
about 1 month ago
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being offered casual work in academia at a level A having been a level C for a decade is just rude. and also probably wage theft.
about 1 month ago
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Holter monitor on. Baggy dress, shorts with pockets. I’ve done this before. A rare second coffee to see if it does anything (my own experiment to prove coffee is ok 😅).
about 1 month ago
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On Instagram and keen on some hot takes and info about communication? Check out some of my account:
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about 1 month ago
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Waiting for a specialist who is running late… will he apologise? 🤔😅 Trying to be normal…
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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“Sorry for Holding You Up”: Surgeons’ Apologies for Lateness in Clinic Settings
Doctors running late may convey a lack of respect which can impair the therapeutic relationship. This study examines how surgeons address lateness in consultations with patients. We analyzed 52 con...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10410236.2023.2299888
about 1 month ago
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Was using the search function to find a photo of my computer monitor to show the time HR gave me the standing desk option of a keyboard on a stack of paper boxes with the monitor on a shelf above. Instead I found this happy guy.
about 1 month ago
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We only ever really know what's going on in consultations by examining real conversations between doctors and patients. Why is there a mismatch between allocated and actual consultation time?
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/28355245.2025.2583750
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Factors influencing consultation length in general practice: conversation analysis and econometric models
A standard General Practice (GP) consultation falls under Level B of the Medicare Benefit Scheme (six to 20 minutes) with consultations averaging 10-15minutes. This imposes time constraints on the ...
https://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/28355245.2025.2583750
about 2 months ago
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Kate Messner
about 2 months ago
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because.
apnews.com/article/louv...
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Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
https://apnews.com/article/louvre-fedora-man-ap-photo-c0d59847ef5f836a0c5ac49de8bff441
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If communication in healthcare is truly a priority, it is essential that universities, professional colleges, and health care services provide ongoing evidence-based training and feedback opportunities. Or read the paper here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Complexity and objectivity in teaching interprofessional healthcare communication
This article, based on a plenary presentation from ICCH 2024, examines the challenge of balancing objectivity and complexity, and the risk of violent …
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0738399124004257
4 months ago
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Check out our online modules and get your CPD done!
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about 2 months ago
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A former student, now doctor, messaged me about our online modules. Be like Michael!
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about 2 months ago
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End of year (almost) update | Bedside Manners Pty Ltd | Bedside Manners Pty Ltd
End of year (almost) update | Bedside Manners Pty Ltd
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2 months ago
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Kelly
2 months ago
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled” Disability is dynamic Some disabilities are invisible. Some change day to day You won’t always know a person is disabled unless they tell you It’s a minority group you can join at any time, not a moral failing.
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When you see your doctor after a procedure and the first thing they ask is “do you want to see the pictures?” Love it when a doctor gets me 😅
2 months ago
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Being a woman in your 40s: is it perimenopause? unexpected pregnancy? or a secret third* thing? It's a secret third thing. 🙃 And because it's women's health, there is not a lot of research.
2 months ago
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Just realised it was a dream (nightmare?) that someone signed up for my online intro module because they had to and told me as such in their sign up and was super mad 🥴 was scouring my emails to find the comment so I could reply to it encouragingly!
2 months ago
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Edward Reynolds
2 months ago
Reminded me to set this public
youtu.be/hfFFwLo1PZ4?...
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Doing Jeffersonian Transcription
YouTube video by Nuada
https://youtu.be/hfFFwLo1PZ4?si=KjdbB9OwAHJep6vt
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Revisiting some of these AIEMCA videos by Edward Reynolds today. Here's me as a baby academic:
youtu.be/_jXdKajyGAY?...
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Conversation Analysis: doing a CA PHD on medical interaction
YouTube video by AIEMCA
https://youtu.be/_jXdKajyGAY?si=sN-QS503qB1qe2bv
2 months ago
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In the recent newsletter from Bedside Manners, we recommended the “conversational action test” paper by
@saulalbert.bsky.social
et al. If you’re interested in AI and conversation, you should listen to this podcast that came out today!
#emca
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/s...
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Hannah Pelikan and Saul Albert on AI
Podcast Episode · State of Talk · 21/10/2025 · 47m
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/state-of-talk/id1501105097?i=1000732831100
2 months ago
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Trying to find info on Asherman’s Syndrome and there’s some but not enough. Interested in how it might relate (or not) to other conditions.
@drjengunter.bsky.social
do you have some recommendations?
2 months ago
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I really interpreted “you should be able to drive after 4 days” as meaning I would be 100% well after 4 days.
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2 months ago
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International Conference on Conversation Analysis
3 months ago
🗓️ Pre-conference workshop schedule is out! Check out our website. With so many interesting workshops, hmm... not an easy choice 🤔 Register soon to secure your spot in your favourite workshops!
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Our 10-week online course on Conversation Analysis starts today. Each week a new module with video lectures, readings, and activities is released. You can enrol for another two weeks (and catch up on the earlier weeks) and you'll still get personalised feedback on your activities from me!
3 months ago
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Elizabeth Stokoe
3 months ago
"What about body language?"
#EMCA
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Tbh I think I underestimated recovery time I’d need post surgery. 🥴
3 months ago
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Check out our intro video via the free preview button:
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3 months ago
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Finally my Year 12 comparative studies on Blade Runner (and Brave New World) are directly relevant to my work! 😅
@saulalbert.bsky.social
@lizstokoe.bsky.social
3 months ago
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ISCA
3 months ago
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Online Course
Starting 13 Oct: an online, asynchronous 10-week course for learning how to do conversation analysis.,https://bedsidemanners.thinkific.com/products/courses/conversation-analysis
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If you're interested in learning how to do conversation analysis, my company, Bedside Manners, is running a course. Starts in a week!
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3 months ago
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ISCA
3 months ago
📣 Our #19 newsletter is out: this season marks a fresh chapter for many in our community it is the beginning of a new academic year in the Northern Hemisphere or the start of a new term in the South, this season marks a fresh chapter for many in our
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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before…
#kpdh
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3 months ago
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Recording day today!
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