EACH Australia is excited to announce an upcoming course, “How to Teach: Experiential Communication Skills Teaching,” designed for educators in health professions who want to deepen their skills in facilitating communication training.

This 2.5-day course is highly interactive, participant-centred, and focuses on teaching strategies for communication skills facilitation.

It will be led by communication specialist, Professor Marcy Rosenbaum (Profile Below) and hosted by Associate Professor Conor Gilligan.

Dates: Mid – March 2025 (See below)

Venue: Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Workshop Overview: The course aims to equip participants with key strategies to enhance communication skills training.

Over the course, participants will gain practical skills, enabling them to:

1. Apply educational theory to design effective communication skills training;
2. Describe essential components of experiential communication skills sessions;
3. Use role play, video, small groups, and simulated patients to improve learner engagement;
4. Structure feedback effectively to enhance learning outcomes;
5. Manage large and small group dynamics in communication sessions.

We invite expressions of interest by Friday 22^nd November 2024.

To help us gauge interest and plan effectively, please respond with answers to the following questions:

1. Would you be interested in attending, and can you self-fund your participation?
2. Which timing options would suit you best? We are considering:
   1. Friday to Sunday (14-16^th March 2025)
   2. Monday to Wednesday (17-19^th March, 2025)
   3. Wednesday to Friday (19-21^st March 2025)
3. How many other individuals from your institution and beyond would attend? Please provide their names and email addresses so we can include them in further communications.

Indicative Cost:

1. Non-Members: $1,700
2. Members: $1,560
   Please note these prices are subject to change based on participant numbers.

This course will be tailored to fit the specific teaching practices of participants, acknowledging the varying resources available in terms of faculty, simulated patients, and technology across institutions.

Invited Guest Speaker Profile

Marcy Rosenbaum is Professor of Family and Community Medicine and Faculty Development Consultant for the Office of Consultation and Research in Medical Education at the University of Iowa. She has been actively involved in teaching, curriculum development and conducting research on clinician-patient communication for the more than 30 years. She oversees communication skills training for students, residents and practicing health care providers at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. She also has spent her career conducting research and directing programs focused on enhancing healthcare faculty teaching skills in classroom and clinical settings. She has helped facilitate train the trainers seminars throughout the world. She helped found tEACH, the teaching committee of EACH and is a former EACH President and Executive Committee member.

To express interest, please reply to this email by Friday 22^nd November 2024.

It will be a great opportunity to network with colleagues who teach and research in healthcare communication so I hope there will be many expressions of interest so we can make it happen.

Reach out to Dr Kalli Spencer via kalli.spencer@unsw.edu.au