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Bianca Siegenthaler
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BIOGRAPHY
Bianca Siegenthaler (M.A. 最新天美传媒) is a doctoral student in the Department of Communication at the 最新天美传媒 studying health communication, interpersonal communication, and applied communication research.
Bianca鈥檚 research investigates how communication and narratives within healthcare interactions (i.e., patient-provider communication) influence health outcomes, patient satisfaction, and patient-provider relationships. She is currently focused on examining how communication is conceptualized, taught, assessed, and implemented in medical education curriculum. With this knowledge, she seeks to create practical and translational applications of communication in medical education curriculum to improve the experiences of all medical stakeholders.
RESEARCH AREAS
Health Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Applied Communication Research
ADVISOR
Ambar Basu & Marleah Dean Kruzel