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Teaching Communications in HealthCare

Conference program

 

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Tuesday 6 December 2016

 

8.30am – 9.15am

Registration

 

9.30am – 10.00am

Welcome and Opening

Arweet Carolyn Briggs, Boon Wurrung Elder

Professor Robert Thomas OAM, Special Advisor on Health

Todd Harper, CEO, Cancer Council Victoria

Evelyn van Weel Baumgarten, President EACH, Associate Professor Emeritus,
Radboud University Medical Center, Netherlands

 

10.00am – 10.45am

Evidence About Why Effective Communication is Important in Healthcare

Dr Jonathan Silverman, Immediate Past President, EACH, University of Cambridge, UK

Special Guest Chair: Robert Thomas OAM, Special Advisor on Health

 

10.45am – 11.10am

Break

 

11.10am – 11.55am

Approaches for Effective Teaching of Communication Skills Across the Continuum

Evelyn van Weel Baumgarten, Associate Professor Emeritus

Special Guest Chair: Robert Thomas OAM, Special Advisor on Health

 

11.55am – 12.30pm

Panel Discussion

Plenary Speakers

 

12.30pm – 1.15pm

Break

 

1.15pm – 2.45pm

Interactive Session: Forming the Australian tEACH Network

Professor Marcy Rosenbaum, EACH, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, USA

Professor Paul Kinnersley, EACH, Cardiff University, UK

Clinical Associate Professor Peter Martin, Barwon Health, Deakin University, EACH Australia

Meg Chiswell, Cancer Council Victoria, tEACH Australia

 

2.45pm – 3.00pm

Break

 

3.00pm – 4.00pm

Case Study Showcase – Community Empowerment

 

Issues to Consider When Communicating with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Patients

Professor Phyllis Butow, University of Sydney

 

Developing an App to Help Patients in Consultations About Cancer

Professor Paul Kinnersley

PatientTIME: Web Based Interventions to Get More from Follow-Up Appointments

Evelyn van Weel Baumgarten, Associate Professor Emeritus

 

4.00pm – 4.30pm

Consumer Panel Discussion

 

4.30pm – 4.45pm

Close of Day

 

 

Wednesday 7 December 2016

 

8.30am – 9.00am

Registration

 

9.00am – 10.00am

Welcome

Meg Chiswell, Cancer Council Victoria, tEACH Australia

EACH Representatives

 

10.00am – 11.00am

Special Interest Group Networking

 

11.00am – 11.15am

Break

 

11.15 – 12.45

tEACH Interactive Sessions

Working With Simulated Patients

Dr Jonathan Silverman

 

Small Group Feedback

Evelyn van Weel Baumgarten, Associate Professor Emeritus

 

Teaching Communication in the Workplace

Professor Marcy Rosenbaum

What to tEACH

Professor Paul Kinnersley

12.45pm – 1.30pm

Break

 

1.30pm – 2.20pm

Improving End-of-Life Shared-Decision Making in the ICU - the iValidate Communication Program
Clinical Associate Professor Neil Orford, Barwon Health, Deakin University

Special Guest Chair: Professor Sanchia Aranda, Cancer Council Australia

 

2.20pm – 3.00pm  

Utilising Evidence Based Frameworks to Support the Implementation of Optimal Care Pathways

Clinical Associate Professor Peter Martin and Meg Chiswell

 

3.00pm – 3.15pm

Break

 

3.15pm – 4.00pm

Optimal Care Pathways – Applying Frameworks and Tools

Clinical Associate Professor Peter Martin and Meg Chiswell

 

4.00pm – 4.45pm

EACH Panel Closing Discussion

 

4.45pm – 5.00pm

Close of Day

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