Upcoming Talk – 16th Dec @ 1pm [Hybrid]: Dr. Emma Kelley and Dr. James Kelly – Simulation Training to Advance Role-playing Skills (STARS): a collaborative project to cross-skill clinicians to role-play clinical communication simulations

We’re delighted to welcome you to the next UCL Health Communication Network Research Seminar of the Autumn term.

Note: This event will be hybrid, though in-person attendance is always encouraged if possible.

Next Event: Tuesday 16^th December, 1-2pm
Location: Room 826 @ the IOE, 20 Bedford Way

Our next speakers are Dr. Emma Kelley and Dr. James Kelly. Emma is a Clinical Lecturer with the UCL Centre for International Medical Education Collaborations (CIMEC), and a paediatrician at St. George’s Hospital London. James is an Associate Clinical Professor with the UCL Centre for International Medical Education Collaborations (CIMEC), and an intensivist at University College London Hospital. He is also a part-time PhD student in the department of Culture Communication and Media at the Institute of Education.

Speaker: Dr. Emma Kelley and Dr. James Kelly

Talk title: Simulation Training to Advance Role-playing Skills (STARS): a collaborative project to cross-skill clinicians to role-play clinical communication simulations

‘Simulation-based education has become a cornerstone of medical training, and communication skills simulations play a vital role in developing healthcare professionals’ clinical competencies. Professional actors are often employed as standardized patients, particularly in high-stakes examinations. However, there is a clear additional need to use clinicians directly as role-players, to enhance clinical accuracy, cost-effectiveness and flexibility.

Effective role-playing in difficult communication skills scenarios requires specific skills that are rarely addressed in formal training programs. This study is a collaboration between UCL’s Centre for International Medical Education Collaborations (CIMEC) and the Aga Khan University. Over the next two years it will examine how communication skills simulations are conducted at UCL and at AKU’s campuses in Karachi, Nairobi, and Dar es Salaam, and build a competency framework for clinician role-players which can be practically implemented across these different cultural, resource, and institutional contexts. It is hoped that this will facilitate the widespread cross-skilling of clinicians to work effectively as role players, with consequent increase in capacity for effective simulation activities – particularly in resource-constrained settings’

 

Zoom link for hybrid attendance: https://ucl.zoom.us/j/95948691834?pwd=BHn5WHl14KKePqZMkzTbSmhyhQvkfB.1

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We look forward to seeing you there!

The UCL Health Communication Network Team

Zsófia, Emma, Andrea and Sinéad