Conversation analysis esp healthcare CACE like the conferences. Work & personal interest in end of life care & in long term health of NHS and academia Own views
Oct 11, 2022 • 22 tweets • 6 min read
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How do expert communicators sensitively start and effectively handle important, tender conversations including those about the end of someone's life?
This podcast is about how Conversation Analysis #EMCA can show us precisely what they do & how they do it. 1/
In this thread I'll summarise the whole pod speakformelpa.co.uk/podcast-episod…
Conversation analysis is a pioneering approach to studying communication directly. We don't ask people to recall what they do. We record + analyse in detail real life conversations, often healthcare convos.
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May 21, 2021 • 13 tweets • 6 min read
Advising #EMCA colleague on funding bid for video-based conversation analytic work aimed at evidence-based guidance & training
Always cite quant evaluations of interventions full/partially based on CA findings. These show they work 🏆 ! Warrants funding the underpinning CA 1/
Here are some (please add more!) tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.108…
Opel/Robinson's work on vaccination interactions led to multiple RCT-ed interventions: presumptive language makes for a stronger more effective recommendation - MORE vaccination, faster 2/
Jan 3, 2021 • 23 tweets • 4 min read
OK, back to work.... today, helping hard working offspring (year one, at Uni, all online, sigh) with his first major essay assignment.
So, a thread on tips for editing your own or other's writing #AcWri#Essays
This is a bit rough and ready, feel free to suggest edits!! But one of the joys of twitter is the different requirements to a long form essay.....
Sep 25, 2020 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
@UniversityLeeds
Just to remind you of my DM still waiting for response:
.. to help me understand the context my young person is dealing with, pls can you tell me how many tests have been available at this site each day this week, and how many will be available each day next week. I assume the Uni knows this precisely, given their position and need.