In this episode of the Primary Care Knowledge Boost (PCKB) podcast, doctors Lisa and Sara are joined by guests Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan, consultant in sexual health and HIV medicine and Dr Laura Tinner, research fellow at The Centre for Public Health at Bristol University.
Rageshri discusses her lived experience of being dismissed in a medical situation, despite her professional background, and how this led to her research on the topic of young women accessing healthcare and writing a book on the subject.
Laura speaks about research she carried out around the views of young women accessing medical care and explains that we need to put more emphasis on listening in healthcare.
Rageshri and Laura go on to discuss system pressures and challenges that lead to patients feeling dismissed. They share practical advice and tips for what healthcare professionals can do to help certain groups of people feel more heard in healthcare.
Listen to the podcast episode on the Primary Care Knowledge Boost website.
Useful resources:
- Unheard – The Medical Practice of Silencing by Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan
- Animation about a young women’s experience of healthcare accessible through the embedded link on this site
- The Association for Young People’s Health
- The Young Women’s Movement
- Training session: Enquiries taken by Association for Young People’s Health (AYPH) who have a 90-minute training course to healthcare professionals. It’s co-delivered by young women who have been trained in facilitation skills and can be booked by groups of healthcare professionals who would benefit from training support related to delivering care to young women. The training uses the animation pillars to go through scenarios and exercises. Cost is dependent on whether delivered online or in person and whether any bespoke elements need to be included, but please get in touch to discuss what could work for you. Contact AYPH for more information: info@youngpeopleshealth.org.uk
- The Young Women’s Movement: EmBody to EmPower
- Intersectional discrimination and mental health inequalities: a qualitative study of young women’s experiences in Scotland
- An exploration of discrimination in healthcare for young women in Scotland: An intersectional study
- Fighting the “Bog Standard”: Intersectional experiences of gender and disability discrimination within healthcare among women in Scotland
- Women’s experiences of discrimination and the impact on health
- The Lancet: Reflect, collaborate, and listen
- The BMJ: Listening is a tool for health equity, not just a soft skill
- PLOS Global Public Health: Listening to the voices of the medically silenced
- Scotland’s Women’s Health Plan: Phase Two
- About a Better NHS: Dr Jonathon Tomlinson’s blog
