Stay Curious, Researchers
I have researchers on my mind. Yesterday I participated on Town Hall panel called “Everybody Has a Story” for the Alberta SPORU Virtual...
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Sue Robins
- Oct 9, 2020
- 4 min
This Isn't Working
I’m watching the growth of the second wave of this pandemic with horror. Public health officials are asking people to change their...
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Sue Robins
- Oct 6, 2020
- 4 min
How To Dehumanize Health Care
How do you dehumanize health care? It's easy: turn people into numbers and ignore the patient story. People in health care say they...
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Sue Robins
- Sep 29, 2020
- 3 min
Visual Art As Healing
(This is the second essay in a series about Patient Storytelling). In the midst of this global pandemic, COVID has turned many people...
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Sue Robins
- Sep 28, 2020
- 4 min
Beyond the Podium
(This is the first in a series of essays about thinking creatively about patient storytelling). Let’s think outside the rectangular box...
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Sue Robins
- Sep 23, 2020
- 3 min
We All Have Stories
I once gave a talk to a group of PICU nurses. I asked them – how do you take care of yourself when a child you are caring for dies? They...
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Sue Robins
- Sep 16, 2020
- 1 min
Left Out. Again.
It is the first week of back-to-school in our school district. I am tormenting myself by thinking if governments FIRST made schools safe...
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Sue Robins
- Sep 14, 2020
- 2 min
People Are Not Numbers
A few years ago I attended a hospital's strategy workshop. There was a lot of lecturing from the podium from people in business suits and...
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Sue Robins
- Sep 12, 2020
- 3 min
Keep Banging on That Drum
I’m always blahblahblah storytelling, blahblahblah. This essay is about storytelling. For the past few years, the University of British...
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Sue Robins
- Sep 8, 2020
- 1 min
In Praise of Nurses
A running family joke is that I am half a nurse. I transferred out of nursing into an English program two years into a four year BScN...
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Sue Robins
- Sep 7, 2020
- 1 min
We Are Never Going Back To Normal
When I got divorced, I never went back to the way it was before, even when I got remarried. When Aaron was born with Down syndrome, I...
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Sue Robins
- Aug 20, 2020
- 4 min
The Art of Really Listening
The best sort of people are those who create space for stories. They can sit with an uncomfortable story without minimizing it,...
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Sue Robins
- Aug 18, 2020
- 3 min
trust your gut
The $10,000 question that plagues all families: What are you doing for back to school? Actually, it is more than a $10,000 question...
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Sue Robins
- Aug 16, 2020
- 2 min
Bird by Bird
I promised myself I’d get this tattoo after I finished my Bird's Eye View book. So in mid-October of 2019, that’s exactly what I did. ...
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Sue Robins
- Aug 13, 2020
- 4 min
Severe Back to School Jitters
I’ve done the back to school thing with my children for the past 22 years. It is safe to say this year is like no other. My youngest son...
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Sue Robins
- Aug 4, 2020
- 4 min
The Neonatologist and The Mom: Relationships Matter in Health Care
I first met Dr. Johny Van Aerde in 2008, at a children’s health conference in Montreal. At the time, he was a Neonatologist and Regional...
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Sue Robins
- Jul 22, 2020
- 2 min
Patient-Centred Care: When words become meaningless
The terminology of what started out as bedside manner has bounced around from patient centred care to patient experience to patient...
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Sue Robins
- Jul 15, 2020
- 6 min
Explaining K.I.D.S. – Four easy steps to demonstrate respect to patients
I’ll never forget hearing Juliette Schlucter speak at a pediatric health conference many years ago. She shared the concept of K.I.D.S....
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Sue Robins
- Jul 7, 2020
- 2 min
My Broken Record: Communication is Important
I have this long convoluted COVID-related story about diagnostic imaging appointments at our cancer hospital that got cancelled and never...
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Sue Robins
- Jun 27, 2020
- 4 min
At the Grocery Store
(September 26, 2020 edited to add: We are back to almost full lockdown again and relying on our local grocery store delivery service. ...
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