Clinical communication in nursing

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: Internationally qualified nurses and international nursing students
• Effective communication and health literacy
• Teaching and learning clinical communication on placements

Workshop: Learning and teaching clinical communication on clinical placement

1.30 pm – 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

Confirmed 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 (pending)
• Dr Zerina Tomkins, University of Melbourne
• Associate Professor Robyn Woodward-Kron, University of Melbourne

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.

This event is supported by seed funding from the MEL/BER Research Partnership Fund.

Program available end Jan 2020. Please notify Michelle (michelle.grainger@unimelb.edu.au) if you have any special dietary requirements.