Clinical communication in nursing and nurse education
Theatre 2, Level 1
The Alan Gilbert Building
(Building Number 104)
Cnr Grattan St and Barry St
The University of Melbourne, Parkville
Symposium and Workshop
This symposium and workshop is for clinical nurse educators, nursing academics and researchers, to discuss aspects of nursing clinical communication and the implications for clinical teaching and learning. This all-day event includes a symposium in the morning with interdisciplinary speakers presenting their research. The afternoon workshop focusses on effective clinical communication in nursing. A methodology for feedback conversations about students’ clinical communication will be presented. Participant input from the afternoon session will inform the development of an e-learning professional development module for clinical educators.
Symposium - Researching clinical communication in nursing: implications for nurse education
10.00 am - 12.30 pm
Themes include:
- Nurse-patient and nurse-team clinical communication
- Intercultural clinical communication and internationally qualified nurses
- International perspectives on nurse education
- Teaching and learning clinical communication on placements
Workshop: Learning and teaching clinical communication on clinical placement
1.30 – 4.15pm
Focus includes:
- What is effective clinical communication in nursing?
- Participant perspectives of student clinical communication
- A methodology for feedback conversations about student clinical communication
Workshop participants will be invited to participate in a research project. Information about the project and consent forms will be emailed to participants prior to the workshop. Participation in the research is voluntary and there is no obligation to participate.
Speakers include
- Professor Dr Michael Ewers, Institute of Health and Nursing Science, Charité University Hospital Berlin.
- Associate Professor Ute Knoch, University of Melbourne
- Professor Diana Slade, Australian National University
- Dr Zerina Tomkins, University of Melbourne
- Associate Professor Robyn Woodward-Kron, University of Melbourne
Program available end January 2020.
Download program and abstracts
Convenors: Associate Professor Robyn Woodward-Kron and Dr Zerina Tomkins
This event is supported by seed funding from the MEL/BER Research Partnership Fund.