Surviving Open Heart Surgeries: A Mission To Empower Patients w/ Jacob Kendall, PhD, MSW, MPH | E223

Public Health Careers podcast episode with Dr. Jacob Kendall, PhD, MSW, MPH
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📲Dr. Jacob Kendall, PhD, MDiv, MSW, MPH on LinkedIn:   / jacobevanskendall  


Dr. Jacob Kendall is Founder, Speaker, and Consultant at The Smart Patient. He is also Founder, Coach, and Speaker at The Versatile Social Worker.

Jacob helps demystify health and health care to empower patients in their health care decisions. He helps patients and providers build optimal partnerships for optimal care and works to demystify health care for patients, providers, and caretakers.

He conferred a Bachelor of Arts in Biology at Huntingdon College. Then a double Masters of Social Work in International Social Work & Master of Public Health in International Health and Development at Tulane University. He then received a PhD in Interdisciplinary Aging Studies at Tulane University School of Medicine. And is currently getting a Master of Divinity in Theology at Mercer University, McAfee School of Theology.

In today’s episode you’ll hear and learn more about
1. How having 2 open heart surgeries and complex health needs shaped his perspectives on health and health care
2. The importance of empowering patients in their health care to have better outcomes
3. Why planning for aging and mortality is often neglected in society.
4. How he brings his 4-dimension thinking to understand and address health care
And much much more!

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Chapters:
@0:00 Trailer
@2:58 How do you identify & tell us a little about your personal background?
@ 4:12 As a survivor of two open-heart surgeries, how would you describe that experience?
@8:07 How being a 4-dimensional polythinker impacts health care?
@ Why is it important to demystify health care and how do you do this?
@14:00 What does public health mean to you?
@16:19 B.A in Biology at Huntingdon College
@21:47 Any undergrad takeaway(s)?
@23:52 Roles between bachelors and masters
@26:12 Takeaways?
@ 29:55 PhD in Interdisciplinary Aging Studies at Tulane University School of Medicine
@38:52 Roles between PhD and MDiv
@48:22 Master of Divinity, Theology at Mercer University McAfee School of Theology
@58:12 Founder, Coach, & Speaker at The Versatile Social Worker
@56:47 Why is it important to demystify health care and how do you do this?
@1:01:35 Where can people connect with you and where would you like to see yourself in the future?
@1:02:53 The Furious Five


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