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:116@each.international DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20230913T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20230915T160000 DTSTAMP:20230906T084329Z URL:https://each.international/es/calendar/reach-summer-school-2023/ SUMMARY:rEACH Summer School 2023 - Applications now closed. Next summer sch ool will be in 2025 DESCRIPTION:Call for participants 2023\nThe rEACH Summer School provides a unique opportunity for early-career researchers in the field of healthcare communication to develop their research skills\, projects and ideas. It e nables less experienced researchers to spend three days\, in a friendly at mosphere\, to progress their research development through interactive disc ussions with each other and expert academics.\n\nThe Summer School aims to prepare future leaders in healthcare communication research by facilitati ng the interaction between early-career and senior researchers and by help ing to create an ongoing and supportive peer-to-peer network. The Summer S chool has been run successfully by rEACH for over 10 years.\nSetting and f ormat\nThe next rEACH Summer School will take place from 13\, 14\, 15 Sept ember 2023\, with an online format.\n\nSelected participants will have the opportunity to present their research projects and ideas and gain detaile d personalised feedback from experts in the field of healthcare communicat ion. Two senior facilitators (Prof. Alexia Papageorgiou  and Prof. Sarah .Peters) and two early-career facilitators will be present throughout the Summer School to ensure quality mentoring as well as a connection with the early-career network of EACH\, yEACH.\n\nThe 3-day structure of the summe r school aims to help participants to meaningfully progress and develop th eir research in a highly supportive and reciprocal environment. The divers e and interactive summer school agenda includes large group discussions an d small group working\, as well as time for individual working and persona l reflection. Social activities also form an important part of the summer school and aim to facilitate connection and networking between participant s and facilitators.\n\nThe activities will take place approximately from 1 0:00 to 16:00 CEST.\nHow to apply\nWe welcome applications from early-care er investigators who are active in the field of healthcare communication r esearch. We especially invite students planning to pursue a PhD\, PhD stud ents or those who have finished their PhD in the past two years. Previous applicants who were not selected may re-apply. EACH membership is required for Summer School acceptance and participation but is not required to sub mit an application (https://each.international/membership/).\n\nApplicatio ns should include the following:\n\n A short letter (about one page) with :\n a brief synopsis of the applicant’s current research topic in healt hcare communication\;\n a statement about why the applicant wishes to be part of the Summer School and\n\nwhat the applicant wishes to get out of t he Summer School and what they want to improve.\n\n CV (maximum of two A4 pages)\;\n Letter of support from supervisor\, including a confirmation that the applicant is proficient in English.\n\nApplications should be sen t to India Pinker (ihp2@st-andrews.ac.uk).  The call will close midnight 16 July  2023.(GMT)\nSelection process General eligibility requirements i nclude that the applicant:\n\n is a junior researcher in the field of hea lthcare communication\;\n is currently researching a relevant issue in he althcare communication\;\n has not participated in a previous rEACH Summe r School.\n\nParticipant selection will be based on the following:\n\n th e applicant’s motivation of how they wish to use the Summer School to en hance their research work\;\n the supervisor’s letter of support\;\n t he applicant’s career stage – priority is given to those who are curre ntly undertaking their PhD and those who completed doctoral studies in the last two years\;\n the faculty will aim to find a balanced mix of profes sional background\, country/institute\, topics\, and stage of research car eer in the selection of Summer School participants.\n\nOnce offered a plac e at the Summer School\, selected participants will be asked to send a 1-2 minute video of themselves summarizing their research (i.e. elevator pitc h). These will be shared with all other successful applications prior to t he start of the Summer School.\n\nUpon successful application\, the regist ration fee for the Summer School is £ £275. Please notice that the fee d oes not include the include the cost of becoming a EACH member.\nDeadlines \nCall for application is now open\n\n16 July 2023: call for application c loses.\n\nEnd July 2023: confirmation of places for selected participants\ n\nIf you wish to know more about the Summer School\, we recommend reading the PEC article: “Express rather than impress: Benefits of the rEACH su mmer school for early-career researchers in the field of health communicat ion” by Amann et al.\, 2018 or “Fragmented world\, connected community : success factors of the first online EACH Summer School for early-career researchers” by Wieringa\, Pinker et al.\, 2022\nUpon successful applica tion\, the registration fee for the Summer School is  £275. Please notic e that the fee does not include the include the cost of becoming a EACH me mber. You can join EACH here\nMeet the facilitators\n\nSenior facilitators \n\nProf Alexia Papageorgiou\n\nAlexia is a Professor in Clinical Communic ation at the University of Nicosia Medical School and a Researcher at the University of Nicosia Research Foundation in Cyprus. She is also the Chair of the Centre of Medical Education. She holds a BA in Psychology\, an MSc in Health Psychology and a PhD in Psychiatry.\n\nPreviously Alexia was a Lecturer at the University of East Anglia\, a Research Fellow at Universit y College London (UCL\, 2000-2003) and a Lecturer at Birkbeck College (200 0-2003). She has designed and implemented new clinical communication curr icula for undergraduate and graduate medical degrees in the UK and Cyprus and has extensive experience in student teaching and assessment in underg raduate and graduate medical education.\n\nAlexia’s research areas are clinical communication\, medical education\, health psychology and advanc e statements of people who can no longer make decisions in medicine and p sychiatry. She has experience in quantitative\, qualitative and mixed res earch methodologies.\n\nOnline profile: www.alexiapapageorgiou.com\n\nProf Sarah Peters\n\n\n\nSarah is a Professor of Health Psychology at The Univ ersity of Manchester\, UK\, where she leads the Manchester Centre for Heal th Psychology. She is also co-director of the NIHR Northwest Research Desi gn Service\, supporting researchers and clinicians in methodological aspec ts of grant applications.\n\nPreviously\, Sarah was Director of Communicat ion Skills at the University of Liverpool\, where she designed and deliver ed training in communication and behaviour science to medical undergraduat es. Sarah’s research focuses on healthcare communication\, particularly within challenging contexts\, such as medically unexplained symptoms\, unh ealthy behaviours\, and suicide. The overall goal is to improve patient ca re and a key aspect is how to equip health professionals to communicate mo re effectively with patients\, relatives and colleagues.\n\nSarah uses a r ange of methods but specialises in how to integrate qualitative methods wi thin randomised controlled trials to examine mechanisms of action\, accept ability\, feasibility and implementation of psychological and educational interventions.\n\nOnline profile: https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/per sons/sarah.peters\n\nJunior facilitators\n\nDr Julia Menichetti \n\n\n\nJu lia is an Italian Postdoctoral Researcher at the Health Services Research Unit of Akershus University Hospital\, Norway. She is a clinical psycholog ist with a BA in Neuropsychology\, MSc in Clinical Psychology and a PhD in Organizational Psychology.\n\nJulia is investigating how doctors frame an d share medical information with patients during clinical interactions. Sh e is also involved in or planning projects about: (1) how longitudinal dru g-related interactions affect the adherence of old patients with heart fai lure\, (2) the development of a teaching course for medical information sh aring\, (3) how doctors promote patient engagement in interactions\, (4) t he role of physician’s curiosity in medical interactions.\n\nJulia has u sed a range of qualitative methods and\, generally inductive\, analytical approaches: from microanalysis of clinical interactions to thematic analys is of individual and group interviews. She also loves to combine and trian gulate different methods and approaches\, e.g. videos of interactions with interviews and/or questionnaires and/or observations.\n\nOnline profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Julia_Menichetti\n\nDr Rebecca Gouldi ng\n\n\n\nRebecca is a Research Associate at the Centre for Primary Care a nd Health Services Research\, at The University of Manchester\, UK. She ha s a BSc in Psychology\, an MPhil in Community-Based Medicine and a PhD in Health Psychology.\n\nRebecca’s PhD focused on: (A) exploring how older people with multiple long-term conditions (MLTC) communicate with primary care staff (including reception staff\, nurses and doctors)\, and (B) deve loping an intervention to empower older people with MLTC to improve commun ication and reduce risks to patient safety. She is currently working on tw o projects concerning: (1) access to primary care and how this can be opti mised\, and (2) treatment burden for adults with MLTC under the age of 65. \n\nRebecca is a predominantly qualitative researcher. She has experience conducting systematic reviews\, meta-ethnographies\, surveys\, interviews\ , focus groups\, obervations and cognitive interviews\; including as part of standalone\, mixed and multiple methods studies.\n\nOnline profile: htt ps://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/rebecca.goulding\n\nThe time sho wn is CEST END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Paris X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Paris BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230326T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR