October 04, 2025

EP406: Dr Sara Tariq on Bias and Emotional Intelligence

23 minutes

Welcome to my podcast. I am Doctor Warrick Bishop, and I want to help you to live as well as possible for as long as possible. I’m a practising cardiologist, best-selling author, keynote speaker, and the creator of The Healthy Heart Network. I have over 20 years as a specialist cardiologist and a private practice of over 10,000 patients.

Dr. Warrick Bishop, a cardiologist and CEO of the Healthy Heart Network, hosts a podcast episode featuring Dr. Sara Tariq, an internal medicine expert. They discuss medical bias, unconscious bias in healthcare, and the impact on patient outcomes. Dr. Sara emphasizes the importance of understanding and addressing biases through tools like the Harvard Implicit Association test. They also delve into personalized care for chronic diseases, emotional intelligence in healthcare, and the significance of self-care for medical practitioners. Dr. Warrick shares personal experiences and insights, highlighting the importance of creating a supportive and empathetic healthcare environment.

Takeaways:

Medical bias in healthcare, particularly unconscious biases, can lead to worse patient outcomes, impacting various aspects of care delivery and eroding trust.

Uncovering unconscious biases in medicine is crucial for improving patient care and outcomes, highlighting the need for awareness and intentional efforts by healthcare providers.

Tools like the Harvard Implicit Association test can help individuals assess their unconscious biases across different areas such as race, weight, gender, and more.

Personalized care in chronic disease management involves building partnerships with patients, empowering them to be active participants in their healthcare journey, and understanding the emotional experiences associated with illness.

Emotional intelligence, the ability to recognize and regulate emotions in oneself and others, plays a significant role in effective patient care, requiring training and intentional practice by healthcare professionals.

Creating space for emotional intelligence and self-care is essential for healthcare providers to maintain well-being, prevent burnout, and enhance their ability to empathize and connect with patients.

Balancing work demands and creating a supportive environment can help healthcare professionals improve their emotional intelligence, leading to better patient interactions and outcomes.

Dr. Warrick Bishop emphasizes the importance of understanding heart health risks and encourages listeners to check their risk of heart attack through platforms like Virtual Heart Check to prioritize cardiovascular health.

Australia, like the rest of the western world, has a heart problem.

Over 9 million people around the world die from heart disease every year.

Every 10 minutes, someone in Australia suffers a heart attack. And 21 lives are lost daily because of it.

The devastating fact in all of this is…

Almost every one of those cases could have been prevented.

This podcast is for anyone who wants to improve their health literacy and gain information to help them make the best decisions about their risk of heart attack, their cholesterol, blood pressure, risk of diabetes, weight loss and general health. Join me on my personal mission journey to prevent Heart Attack on a global scale. If you like this podcast, I would be honoured by a 5-star review and appreciate if you let your friends and family know about this podcast; you may even save the life of someone you love!

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Heart disease is the #1 killer in the Western World. In Australia, someone dies every 28 minutes from heart disease. That’s 51 people a day. In the US, someone has a heart attack every 40 SECONDS! Fortunately, many heart attacks are preventable. However, regular exercise and eating healthy are no guarantee you won’t succumb to this silent killer.

94% of Australians have at least One Risk Factor for heart disease.

59% of Australians have been Touched by heart disease.

Yet only 3% of Australians have had a Full Heart-Health Assessment in the past 12 months.

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