- Innovations in Medical Education
- Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
- Cultural Competency in Health Care
- Second Language Learning and Teaching
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Reflective Practices in Education
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
- Education and Critical Thinking Development
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Linguistic research and analysis
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Nursing education and management
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
The University of Melbourne
2016-2025
UNSW Sydney
2016-2024
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
2024
University of Tasmania
2022
The University of Adelaide
2018
Royal Children's Hospital
2013
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
2011
University of Wollongong
2002-2004
Background: Public health crises present challenges for providing accessible, timely, and accurate information to culturally linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. Aim: The aim of this qualitative project was explore strategies used by CALD community organizations improve communication about COVID-19 their communities; we also aimed identify gaps challenges. Methods: We interviewed 16 representatives from Greek, Italian, Chinese in Melbourne, Australia. interviews were analyzed...
Forecasts predict a growing shortage of skilled nursing staff in countries worldwide. Nurse migration is already common strategy used to address workforce needs. Germany, the UK, and Australia are reviewed here as examples destination for nurse migrants. Agreements exist between facilitate migration; however, it not evident how migrants have contributed data on which these arrangements based. We examined existing primary research migration, including educational needs initiatives support...
Abstract Aim To examine the feedback given by nurse educators and clinicians on quality of communication skills nurses in interactions with simulated patients. Background The between patients has a major influence patient outcomes. support development effective nursing clinical practice, good understanding what constitutes is helpful. Design An exploratory design was used involving individual interviews, focus groups written notes from participants field researchers to investigate...
Language and learning advisers non‐English speaking background (NESB) postgraduate students negotiate complex territory when working together to improve students' texts. However, the individual writing consultation is sometimes conceptualised one‐dimensionally by faculty as a form of editing. The with NESB has also received only sporadic attention in higher education literature. This paper provides contextual, discourse analytical account one between faculty‐based language adviser Master...
Online support groups (OSGs) are common sources of both health information and social support. To augment existing qualitative understandings member roles identities in OSGs, this article presents a corpus-based investigation shifts lexicogrammatical discourse-semantic choices bipolar disorder OSG. In total, 8.4 million words 57,000 posts were transformed into structured, grammatically annotated corpus investigated using systemic functional linguistics (SFL) as theoretical framework,...
Objective To identify health literacy issues when providing maternity care to culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) women, the strategies needed for professionals collaboratively address these issues. Methods A qualitative case study design was undertaken at one large metropolitan Australian hospital serving a highly CALD population. Semistructured interviews were conducted with range of healthcare staff. The data analysed thematically. is informed by framework cultural competence...
Older patients often have complex medication regimens, which change as they move across transitions of care. Engagement older and families in making decisions care is important for safe high-quality management. To explore decision-making between health professionals, about changes care, to examine how patient family engagement enacted the process relation these changes. A focused ethnographic design was undertaken with semi-structured interviews, observations, reflective focus groups or...
Importance With increasing dementia prevalence due to population aging, interpreters are needed facilitate timely diagnosis by supporting the complex verbal and nonverbal interplay between clinicians patients during cognitive assessments. However, our knowledge, no randomized clinical trials have previously evaluated interventions improve interpreter communication assessments for dementia. Objective To assess whether online training codesigned interpreters, clinicians, multilingual family...
Learning in the clinical setting is cornerstone of medical school education, but there are strong imperatives to optimise ways which students acquire expertise. Deliberate practice characterised by attention, concentration, effort and repetition skills; it an important tool for developing maintaining professional Research has led a greater understanding how develop core skills, especially areas diagnostic reasoning, communication physical examination. Advances information technology...
Background. Primary care waiting rooms can be sites of health promotion and literacy development through the provision readily accessible information. To date, few studies have considered patient engagement with televised messages in room, nor investigated whether patients ask their clinicians about this The aim study was therefore to examine (or accompanying person) clinician room information, including messages. Design methods. mixed methods case undertaken a regional general practice...
BackgroundThere is a significant gap in the literature regarding trainees' perceptions of remediation. This study aims to explore surgical experiences and perspectives remediation.MethodsThis qualitative used semi-structured interviews with 11 doctors who have experienced formal remediation as trainee. Reflexive thematic analysis was for data analysis.ResultsIn this study, trainees perceived harrowing isolating experience, long-lasting emotions. There lack clarity explanations...
Participatory research methodologies are gaining traction in health professional education (HPER) due to their ability foster collaboration and inclusivity with communities involved or affected by the issues being studied. This paper provides an introduction for researchers new participatory HPER. It aims guide thoughtful integration of methods into practices. We define as a diverse approach that engages professionals, students, patients other community members co-researchers actively...