We are delighted to announce our plenary speakers for ICCH 2024:

شكيب (شاك) رحمن، MD، MACP، CSH، FACH، FAMIA، FEACH

الدكتور رحمن هو رئيس قسم التعليم والمدير المؤسس للممارسة الأكاديمية في Phoenix VA Healthcare Systems. يشغل أيضًا منصب رئيس / أستاذ قسم المعلوماتية، وأستاذ العلوم الإنسانية، ورئيس لجنة القبول ولجنة التعليم الطبي العليا في كلية الطب بجامعة أريزونا - فينيكس.

He is the Chair of Policy and Practice Committee (pEACH) of International Association on Communication in Healthcare (EACH). He has served as the President of the Society of General Internal Medicine Mountain Region; Vice-President of the Academy on Communications in Healthcare (ACH); an Conference Chair, International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH) 2023.

He has been invited to teach courses and workshops around the world on topics related to “Healthcare Communication”.

He has been awarded the Master of the American College of Physicians, Fellow of EACH, the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society best teacher etc. He has received  more than 100 teaching and mentoring awards & published hundreds of articles and book chapters.

سارة جي وايت، دكتوراه SFHEA

Dr Sarah J White is a Conversation Analyst and Qualitative Health Researcher and has worked in Clinical Communication and Safety and Quality research, teaching, and policy for over 15 years.

تقود سارة برنامجًا بحثيًا مبتكرًا يهدف إلى تحسين التواصل بين الأطباء والمرضى مع التركيز بشكل خاص على تحليل الاستشارات المسجلة. يوضح هذا العمل نهج سارة في التدريس، حيث تقوم بدمج البيانات الطبيعية مع الأنشطة التجريبية والتقييم الحقيقي. تتمتع سارة بخبرة في التدريس في نطاق التعليم العالي والمستمر، خاصة مع طلاب ومقدمي الرعاية الصحية.

أروين هـ. بيترس، دكتوراه

Dr Arwen H. Pieterse, PhD is Associate Professor in Medical Decision Making at Leiden University Medical Center (The Netherlands) and visiting professor at the University of Oslo (Norway). With her research she aims to add value to the care for this patient, by advancing our understanding of how to best integrate the medical evidence and what is important to individual patients in decisions about their treatment. Dr Pieterse is nationally and internationally renowned for her multidisciplinary research on the conceptualization, measurement, and advancement of SDM. An SDM model that she authored (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2015.06.022) has been widely adopted in (continuing) medical education in The Netherlands. She uses a range of qualitative and quantitative methods to study authentic clinical interactions and outcomes mostly in hospital care, using observational and experimental designs, and involving clinicians and patient representatives. In 2018, she received the Jozien Bensing research award from the International Association for Communication in Healthcare (EACH).

Roger Ruiz Moral

Professor Roger Ruiz Moral is Professor of Medicine and Clinical Communication at the Francisco de Vitoria University, Madrid, Spain. Director of the Medical Education Unit of the School of Medicine of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Francisco de Vitoria University. A prolific author, Roger Ruiz Moral has contributed over 170 scientific publications and authored seven books, including “The CICAA Model of Communication Skills for Clinical Practice” and “Medical Education for Clinicians.”