Apr 3, 2023
In this podcast episode, Douglas Drossman, MD, and Johannah Ruddy MEd, discuss methods of destigmatizing chronic illness for patients and physicians, technology’s effect on the doctor-patient relationship and more.
• Intro :02
• Welcome to this episode of Gut Talk :23
• The interview/about Drossman and Ruddy :30
• About Ruddy’s professional and personal background
regarding DGBI patients 1:40
• For Ruddy: What was the transformative moment that
made you want to get so involved in patient advocacy? 3:39
• For Drossman: How do doctors talk more effectively
to patients? 5:49
• Chey and Drossman on the objectification of patients
and physicians 9:00
• Are there ways to teach people to re-inject the joy
of the patient-physician interaction? … How do physicians re-frame
the way that they think about interacting with patients? 10:00
• Ruddy, Chey and Drossman on the value of narrative
history taking 13:35
• Drossman on the connection between psychosocial
information and the onset and perpetuation of patient symptoms
15:29
• Why are there such big gaps in care for patients
with disorders of gut-brain interaction and visceral
hypersensitivity? 16:00
• About the Linedale study on clear language versus
qualified language for IBS diagnoses 18:55
• Chey on the flipsides of confident diagnoses
22:22
• Do gastroenterologists and primary care doctors have
the tools available to treat these conditions? 24:15
• Thoughts on how technology has affected the
physician-patient relationship 27:38
• How do you deal with the systematic pressures that
exist on most brick-and-mortar gastroenterologists today? 31:21
• Tell us about the main goals and contents of your
book, The
Patient-Doctor Relationship and Gut Feelings: The Patient’s
Story 32:38
• What are the common threads that emerged from your
studies in the book for doctors to think about? 34:03
• Ruddy’s patient insights on where physicians can
think about prioritizing in their care 36:47
• Thank you, Dr. Drossman and Ms. Ruddy 38:33
• Thanks for listening 39:14
Douglas Drossman, MD, is a professor emeritus of
medicine and psychiatry in gastroenterology at UNC. He is a fellow
of the American College of Physicians, a master of the American
College of Gastroenterology, past-president of the American
Psychosomatic Society.
Johannah Ruddy, MEd, is an educator, researcher
and writer and currently serves as the chief operating officer and
executive director of the Rome Foundation. Ruddy co-founded and is
the director of Tuesday Night IBS community on Twitter.
Check out: Gut Feelings: Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction
https://romedross.video/GutFeelingsWebsite
and The Patient-Doctor Relationship and Gut Feelings: The Patient’s
Story https://romedross.video/patient-story
We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to
guttalkpodcast@healio.com.
Follow us on Twitter @HealioGastro @sameerkberry @umfoodoc. For more from Dr.
Drossman, follow him on Twitter @DDrossman. For more from Ms.
Ruddy, follow her on Twitter @JohannahRuddy.
Disclosures: Chey and Berry report no relevant
financial disclosures. Drossman reports affiliation with Ardelyx,
Rome Foundation. Ruddy reports affiliation with Biomerica, Mahana
Therapeutics, Rome Foundation and Tuesday Night IBS.