ISU training visit to Guangzhou, China : March 2011
The ISU joined forces with the Public Health Evidence Based Medicine Research team to deliver a short training programme in Evidence Based Medicine and Academic English with doctors and researchers in the Women’s and Children’s hospital in Guangzhou, South China (pictured above) – an impressive new hospital opened in 2009.
This pilot project was one of several links between Guangzhou and the University of Birmingham and was enthusiastically received by the 32 participants on this first course. The aim of the course was to aid participants in developing their research expertise in study design, effective critical reading and appropriate academic writing in English. Professor John Skelton and Ms Jan Whetstone represented the ISU in the training team (pictured below):
The team (from left): Prof KK Cheng; Prof John Skelton; Ms Jan Whetstone; Dr Krish Nirantharakumar; Dr Catherine Meads; Dr Neil Thomas
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February 2011
Jackie Beavan has a new role as Research Fellow for the West Midlands HIEC Simulation Theme. HIEC stands for Health Innovation and Education Clusters – these are collaborative partnerships between NHS organisations, academia and industry there are several clusters nationwide. Jackie hopes to look at, amongst other things, how the teaching of communication can be done alongside the teaching of clinical procedures.
Link to HIEC Website
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Updated 5th August 2010
Publications
John Skelton has written two books. Language and Clinical Communication: this bright Babylon aims to provide a theoretical discussion of the links between "communication" as the term is normally used, and what we know about the nature of language. The book is also an attempt to point out the problems with current ideas about treating communication merely as a set of "skills". Role play and Clinical Communication: the rules of the game (which also has a couple of chapters co-authored with Connie) looks in detail at the creation and delivery of role-play based clinical communication courses).
ISBN-13: 978 1 84619 126 8 - Role Play
ISBN-13: 978 1 84619 125 1 - Language
Bi-lingual Wokshops
The ISU developed a Bi-lingual Workshop which involves role play of primary care consultations. The languages which are used in the role plays include Cantonese and Punjabi. Previous workshops included the following elements: An experiential exercise to highlight the emotional effects of trying to communicate in a strange language, and a role play involving a patient who has brought a family member to interpret. Further Information.
