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Dr Jodi Watt - Navigating challenging conversations in academia
Dr Jodi Watt, narrating a new blog they wrote for the Dementia Researcher website.
Jodi discusses the intricacies of handling difficult conversations within the academic sphere. She emphasises the importance of empathy and effective communication when responding to colleagues facing personal challenges. Drawing on her own experiences, including coping with her father's death during her PhD, she criticises the often impersonal academic environment and suggests adopting the VASE method—Validate, Acknowledge, Support, Express—as a framework for more compassionate interactions. Jodi argues that…
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