"Think about draping with everybody, especially younger females. Think a little bit about how you are moving that drape around, whether you need more than one drape, whether you have the patient move the drape. Just thinking about the patient adjusting their own clothing, it kind of makes sense from a dignity point of view."  

Patient dignity is at the core of this discussion with Dr Jennifer Beecker as she joins Kirk on the podcast to discuss her article "Draping in Dermatology: A Patient's Perspective" from the November-December edition of the JCMS.

Kirk describes this conversation as "practice changing," including "subtle changes we're going to make to increase that comfort level in the exam room for patients as well as ourselves."

Dr Jennifer Beecker is an Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa and Research Director for the Division of Dermatology at the Ottawa Hospital where she founded the Pigmented Lesion and Melanoma Clinic. She is also the current president of the Canadian Dermatology Association.

For more great CDA podcasts, be sure to check out Dermalogues, our residents podcast, hosted by my colleague Dr Kerri Purdy. Available wherever you listen to podcasts.

For more on the work of the Canadian Dermatology Association, please visit our website at dermatology.ca   

JCMS Author Interviews is produced by the CDA and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions in Ottawa.   

Our theme music was composed by Lee Rosevere.