Invited Colloquium on Healthcare Interaction & Assessment
Cardiff University (UK)
Thursday 29 June 2006, 2.00pm - 5.30pm
Christopher N. Candlin (Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia): Communicative expertise, assessment, and healthcare interaction
Speakers include:
- Celia Roberts (King's College London, UK) & Chris Atwell (Cardiff University, UK): Selection interviews and doctors trained overseas: political and educational issues
- John Skelton (University of Birmingham, UK): Selection, monitoring and poor performance: the role of "communication skills"” in support and remediation for medical students and doctors
- Morton Rawlin (Royal Australian College of General Practitioners): Communication is a key skill in the provision of medical care
- Barry O' Sullivan (Roehampton University, UK): Assessing language for medicine: theoretical and operational issues
Fee: £50.
Includes: lunch, colloquium, abstracts book and refreshments.
This fee also entitles you to attendance at the opening Conference plenary by Nicky Britten (Peninsula Medical School, UK) at midday: 'Understanding patient participation in health care'.