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2025 Texas Medical Board rules update

The Texas Medical Board (TMB) has recently updatedseveral rules that may affect how physicians may delegate tasks, document patient care, administer office-based anesthesia, and much more. In this podcast, Tanya Babitch and Robin Desrocher of TMLT’s Risk Management Department help bring definition and insight to these new changes. (21:27)

2025 Texas legislature update

Brian Dittmar of TMLT and special guest Brian Jackson, Executive Director of the Texas Alliance for Patient Access (TAPA) discuss bills affecting Texas physicians that were introduced, passed, or defeated in the recently concluded 89thTexas Legislature.

Episode 1: Fundamentals of medical improv

Join us this season for a conversation with Shana Merlin, an Austin-based professional communication trainer specializing in medical communications. We’ll explore how improvisational techniques can be used by physicians to enhance conversations and relationships with patients, colleagues, and staff members. (33:59)

Episode 3.1 Bonus episode: “Signposting”

In this series “extra,” trainer Shana Merlin describes how to use “signposting” techniques in your face-to-face communications to help patients and colleagues more clearly understand your meaning and overall messaging. (4:33)

Episode 3: Improving patient interactions

In episode three of this series, trainer Shana Merlin discusses how to improve patient interactions using improvisational techniques to build rapport, help patients understand diagnoses and treatment goals, and break the “curse of knowledge” so that your communications are clear and user-friendly. (45:12)