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Robyn Woodward-Kron

Professor In Healthcare Communication
Medical Education
health literacy
systemic functional linguistics
learner health professional discourses
educational linguistics
genre
life sciences & biomedicine
science & technology
communication
humans
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Robyn Woodward-Kron

 
Division
Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
 
Primary Interest
workplace based assessment
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Projects

Displaying the 10 most recent projects by Robyn Woodward-Kron.

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What should an Allied Health Graduate Support Program include

2020 - 2020
Completed
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STUDENT CONTRIBUTIONS TO PATIENT CARE IN GENERAL PRACTICE PLACEMENTS (UTAS ETHICS REF NO: H0017638)

2019 - 2019
Completed
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Medical student clinical placements as sites of learning and contribution

2017 - 2017
Completed
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COMMUNICATING WITH OLDER PEOPLE ACROSS TRANSITION POINTS OF CARE

This project aims to examine how health professionals, older people and their family members communicate in managing medications as older pe..

2017 - 2019
Completed
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The CALDER Study: Culturally And Linguistically Diverse Ethics and Research resources to increase CALD people’s participation in clinical trials

2016 - 2017
Completed
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Towards improved quality of written patient records: language proficiency standards for non-native speaking health professionals

This project will focus on the quality and safety of healthcare in Australia by improving the screening of written communication of overseas..

2014 - 2017
Completed
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How effective are junior doctors at communicating health information to patients with diabetes? A discourse perspective

2014 - 2015
Completed
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Towards improved quality of written patient records: language proficiency standards for non-native speaking health professionals

2014 - 2016
Completed
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Towards improved quality of written patient records: language proficiency standards for non-native speaking health professionals

This project will focus on the quality and safety of healthcare in Australia by improving the screening of written communication of overseas..

2013 - 2017
Completed
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Connecting people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and General Practitioners through telecommunications: How can health care consumers be informed, represented and protected/safeguarded?

2011 - 2012
Completed

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Projects

Project Types

7

Research Contracts

7

Research Grant

Additional Information

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Robyn Woodward-Kron.

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Communication in interprofessional rehabilitation teams: a scoping review

Julia Paxino, Charlotte Denniston, Robyn Woodward-Kron, Elizabeth Molloy

Journal article  |  2020  |  Disability and Rehabilitation

PURPOSE: Effective communication in interprofessional rehabilitation teams is essential for optimal patient care. Despite the esta..

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'I will go to my grave fighting for grammar': Exploring the ability of language-trained raters to implement a professionally-relevant rating scale for writing

Ute Knoch, Barbara Ying Zhang, Catherine Elder, Eleanor Flynn, Annemiek Huisman, Robyn Woodward-Kron, Elizabeth Manias, Tim McNamara

Journal article  |  2020  |  Assessing Writing

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Capturing domain expert perspectives in devising a rating scale for a health specific writing test: How close can we get?

Ute Knoch, Catherine Elder, Robyn Woodward-Kron, Elizabeth Manias, Eleanor Flynn, Tim McNamara, Annemiek Huisman, Barbara Ying Zhang

Journal article  |  2020  |  Assessing Writing

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Intercultural communication and safe, effective healthcare for all

Robyn Woodward-Kron, David Story

Journal article  |  2020  |  Future Leaders Communiqué

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A systematic review of older patients' experiences and perceptions of communication about managing medication across transitions of care.

Guncag Ozavci, Tracey Bucknall, Robyn Woodward-Kron, Carmel Hughes, Christine Jorm, Kathryn Joseph, Elizabeth Manias

Journal article  |  2020  |  Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Background: Communication about managing medications may be difficult when older people move across transitions of care. Communica..

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Focus on Methodology: Let's talk about discourse analysis for health professional education: What, why and how

Robyn Woodward-Kron

Journal article  |  2020  |  FOCUS ON HEALTH PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION-A MULTIDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL

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Caught on film: identity formation and interprofessional insight using ethnographic film

Tanisha Jowsey, Jennifer M Weller, Robyn Woodward-Kron

Journal article  |  2020  |  BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning

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Educator as Diagnostician, Judge and Confidant: a positioning analysis of medical student support encounters

Wendy CY Hu, Robyn Woodward-Kron, Eleanor Flynn

Journal article  |  2019  |  Advances in Health Sciences Education

Medical schools, programs and educators are increasingly expected to address medical student stress and wellbeing, yet also ensure..

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Overseas qualified nurses' communication with other nurses and health professionals: An observational study

Susan Philip, Robyn Woodward-Kron, Elizabeth Manias

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Clinical Nursing

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Self-regulated learning lens on trainee perceptions of the mini-CEX: a qualitative study

Eva Kipen, Eleanor Flynn, Robyn Woodward-Kron

Journal article  |  2019  |  BMJ OPEN

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Other Medical and Health Sciences
Linguistics
Curriculum and Pedagogy
Communication
Public Health and Health Services
Health and Support Services
Clinical Sciences
Teaching and Instruction
Other Health
Learner and Learning

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2014

British Council Award
2009

2009 Vice-Chancellor's Knowledge Transfer Award
2004

NSW Institue of Educational Research Award for Outstanding Researcher in 2003 (for my Phd studies)

NSW Institute of Educational Research
2002

Minor Bursary to attend International Systemic Functional Congress

International Systemic Functional Linguistic Association
2001

Tertiary Technology Showcase section winner, Australian Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing for the CD-ROM Academic Writing: A language ba

Australian Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing
1999

M.A.K. Halliday Scholarship from the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia

Applied Linguistics Association of Australia
1999

for PhD studies

Australian Postgraduate Award
2019

Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Health Professional Educators

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Professor In Healthcare Communication

Medical Education

Member

Communication, Medicine and Ethics

Member

European Association of Healthcare Communication

Member

Association of Australian and New Zealand Health Professions Education

Education

Graduate Diploma of Arts

University of Melbourne

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Wollongong

Masters of Arts (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)

University of Technology Sydney

Masters of Arts (English)

University of New South Wales

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