BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:208@each.international DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250910T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250912T150000 DTSTAMP:20250804T140203Z URL:https://each.international/da/calendar/reach-summer-school-2025/ SUMMARY:rEACH Summer School 2025 - Online DESCRIPTION:\n Enhance your research skills. Expand your network. Advance y our career.\n\n\n\nAre you an early-career researcher in healthcare commun ication looking to refine your research project and connect with like-mind ed peers and leading experts? The rEACH Summer School 2025 offers a unique \, supportive environment to help you develop your ideas\, gain valuable f eedback\, and build lasting professional relationships.\n\n\n\nWhy Join th e rEACH Summer School?\n\n\n\nFor over a decade\, the rEACH Summer School has been successfully supporting junior researchers in healthcare communic ation. This intensive three-day program is designed to:\n\n\n\n\nStrengthe n your research skills through interactive discussions and expert guidance .\n\n\n\nEnhance your project development with tailored feedback from seni or academics and peers.\n\n\n\nExpand your professional network by connect ing with a global community of researchers.\n\n\n\nFoster leadership in he althcare communication research by bridging early-career and senior expert s.\n\n\n\n\nProgram Format and Setting\n\n\n\nThe 2025 rEACH Summer School will be held online in mid-September\, making it accessible to participan ts worldwide. The structure includes:\n\n\n\n\nGroup discussions &\; on e-on-one mentoring: Share your research ideas\, receive in-depth feedback\ , and engage in collaborative learning.\n\n\n\nFacilitated sessions: Two s enior and two junior facilitators will guide discussions\, ensuring both h igh-quality mentorship and connection to the Early Career EACH network.\n\ n\n\nInteractive and supportive learning environment: A combination of lar ge-group discussions\, small-group collaboration\, individual work time\, and personal reflection.\n\n\n\nSocial and networking activities: Strength en connections with fellow participants and facilitators beyond research d iscussions.\n\nFacilitator Biographies\nSenior facilitators\nAssoc. Prof P anayiota Andreou \nPanayiota Andreou is an Associate Professor of Communic ation Skills at the University of Nicosia Medical School\, Cyprus. She hol ds a BSc in Psychology (Honours) from Royal Holloway University\, Universi ty of London (UK)\, an MSc in Health Psychology from the University of Bat h (UK) and a PhD in Health Psychology from the University of Southampton ( UK).\nShe is involved in developing\, implementing and assessing healthcar e communication skills curriculum both at undergraduate and graduate level \, and coordinating teams of simulated patients and tutors in delivering l earning material.\nHer research interests include areas such as online tea ching and assessment of clinical communication skills\, cultural competenc e and diversity in medical education\, use of AI in healthcare communicati on skills training\, and rationing or missed care in clinical settings. Pa nayiota has expertise in a range of methodological tools\, quantitative\, qualitative and mixed methods.\nOnline profile: https://www.unic.ac.cy/med /staff-members/panayiota-andreou/  \nDr Anita Laidlaw\nAnita is a Reader in the School of Medicine\, Medical Sciences and Nutrition (SMMSN)\, Unive rsity of Aberdeen where she is Director of the Centre for Healthcare Educa tion Research and Innovation and leads the SMMSN Higher Education Research group.\nHer research spans two overlapping domains. The first investigate s the wellbeing of students\, healthcare professionals\, and academic staf f\, broadly defined to include its relationship with programme retention\, workforce sustainability\, and career development. The second focuses on clinical communication practice and training\, with particular emphasis on weight management communication and strategies to enhance clinical empath y - both in patient interactions and interprofessional contexts.\nAdopting a pragmatic approach\, she selects theoretical frameworks and methods sui ted to each research question. Her work employs a range of data collection techniques\, including educational data\, surveys\, video analysis\, focu s groups\, and interviews\, with analysis methods spanning qualitative\, q uantitative\, and secondary data approaches.\nOnline profile: https://www. abdn.ac.uk/people/anita.laidlaw\nJunior facilitators\n Dr Julia Menichett i \nJulia is a Senior Researcher at the Healthcare Services Research Unit (HØKH) of Akershus University Hospital\, Norway. She is an italian clinic al psychologist with a BA in Neuropsychology\, MSc in Clinical Psychology and a PhD in Organizational Psychology. She has been awarded the Jozien Be nsing Research Award from ICCH in 2024.\nJulia is interested in how medica l knowledge is built and secured during medical interactions. For example\ , she has been studying how doctors frame and share medical information wi th patients \, how they build patient health literacy\, or how they make a nd discuss adherence plans with patients. Generally\, she studies videos o f clinical interactions and uses practice-rooted findings to co-develop tr aining for students and doctors. \nJulia is trained as a qualitative rese archer and has used a range of qualitative methods: from microanalysis of clinical interactions to in-depth interviews\, focus groups and participan ts observations. She has also conducted several literature reviews (scopin g reviews\, meta analyses\, scoping reviews). She loves to combine and tri angulate different methods and approaches\, e.g. videos of interactions wi th interviews and/or questionnaires and/or observations.\nOnline profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Julia_Menichetti\n \;\nDr Rebecca Goulding\nRebecca is a Research Associate from the Faculty for Biology\, Medicine and Health\, at The University of Manchester\, UK. She has a BSc in Psychology\, an MPhil in Community-Based Medicine and a PhD in Health P sychology.\nThrough her PhD\, Rebecca explored how older people with multi ple long-term conditions (MLTC) communicate with primary care staff (inclu ding reception staff\, nurses and doctors)\, and developed an intervention to empower older people with MLTC to improve communication and reduce ris ks to patient safety.\nIn her current project\, Rebecca is investigating p atients’ and healthcare professionals’ perspectives on outpatient clin ic letters being written directly to patients with a copy sent to their pr imary care doctor (rather than written directly to their primary care doct or with a copy sent to the patients). She is working with patients and hea lthcare professionals to co-produce guidance and other resources to encour age and support writing outpatient clinic letters directly to patients in a way that is understandable and acceptable.\nRebecca is a predominantly q ualitative researcher. She has experience conducting systematic reviews\, meta-ethnographies\, surveys\, interviews\, focus groups\, observations an d cognitive interviews\; including as part of standalone\, mixed and multi ple methods studies.\nOnline profile: https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en /persons/rebecca.goulding   \n\n\n\nSessions will typically run from 10: 00 to 16:00 CET over the three days.\n\n\n\nLearn More\nTo gain insights i nto past experiences and the impact of the Summer School\, we recommend re ading:\n\nFragmented world\, connected community: Success factors of the f irst online EACH Summer School for early-career researchers” (Wieringa\, Pinker et al.\, 2022)\n“Creating a rewarding research experience in the early-career stages: Challenges and insights from the rEACH Summer School participants” (de Lange\, Kearns et al.\, 2024)\n\nWho Should ApplyWe w elcome applications from individuals who are at the early stages of their research careers in health communication\, including:\n\nStudents intendin g to pursue a PhD.\nCurrent PhD candidates.\nResearchers who have complete d their PhD within the past five years.\nResearchers within the first five years of conducting research in health communication\, regardless of prio r experience in other fields.\n\nIf you applied previously but were not se lected\, we warmly encourage you to apply again.\nNote: EACH (Internationa l Association for Communication in Healthcare) membership is required for participation but not for applying. Learn more here: https://each.interna tional/membership/\n How to Apply\nPlease submit the following materials: \n\nCover Letter (max. 1 page)\nA brief overview of your current research in healthcare communication\nYour motivation for attending\, including wha t you hope to gain and improve\nCurriculum Vitae (max. 2 A4 pages)\nLetter of Support from your supervisor\, including confirmation of your English proficiency\n\nSend your complete application to:Dr Carlos Campos: c.camp os@auckland.ac.nz\nDeadline: 15 August 2025\, midnight GMT\n Eligibility Criteria\nTo be considered\, applicants must:\n\nBe actively involved in r esearch related to healthcare communication.\nBe at an early stage of your research career in health communication (you may have prior research ex perience in other fields).\nNot have previously attended a rEACH Summer Sc hool.\n\n Selection Criteria\nApplications will be assessed based on:\n\n Motivation and alignment with the goals of the Summer School\;\nQuality an d relevance of the current research\;\nStrength of supervisor’s support letter\;\nCareer stage (priority to PhD students and recent graduates)\;\n Balance across disciplines\, countries\, institutions\, and research topic s.\n\nPractical Details\nFormat: OnlineDaily Schedule: 09:00–15:00 (UK t ime) | 10:00–16:00 (Central European Time)Fee: £300 (excludes EACH memb ership)\nKey Dates\n\nApplications Open: Now\nDeadline to Apply: 15 August 2025 (midnight GMT)\nNotification of Acceptance: 20 August 2025\n\nTake t his opportunity to strengthen your research\, build international collabor ations\, and contribute to the future of healthcare communication.\nWe loo k forward to receiving your application!\nFor any questions please email C arlos Campos: c.campos@auckland.ac.nz\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR