Programs and Events
The Goldstone Caregiver Center at Danbury Hospital
General InformationWe invite you to attend our programs and events regardless of who you care for or where you are located. While all programs have traditionally taken place at the Goldstone Caregiver Center at Danbury Hospital, we are currently providing programs via Zoom. Please view our recorded programs below and join us for upcoming programs and events.
Speaking so your doctor listens
How to help your doctor see you and your needs fully
Join us on November 1 at 12 pm via Zoom
Presented by David Ezon, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital
Dr. Ezon will discuss giving a history clearly in a way that will be well received, expressing concerns in a way that gets attention and balances assertiveness with respect and addressing concerns when a provider might be biased or isn’t hearing what you are trying to communicate.
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Getting The Full Picture
Engage Your Provider So You Consider All the Options and Know What to Expect
Join us on November 15 at 12 pm via Zoom
Presented by David Ezon, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital
Dr. Ezon will guide us through building an expectations map, understanding goals of studies and tests, engaging in “what ifs” and “then whats”, using deliberate pauses and setting financial expectations.
Keeping Safe through chaos
Learn How to Stay Safe and Respond to Mistakes
Join us on November 29 at 12 pm via Zoom
Presented by David Ezon, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital
Dr. Ezon will walk us through signs of a safe environment, how hospitals maintain safety, bias and sources of medical error, giving reminders, when to escalate care and responding to medical errors.
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