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Introduction
My research focuses on the interconnection between applied linguistics and health communication. I explore discourses on autism spectrum disorder and learning disabilities, mental health social work, clinical empathy, person-centred communication in medical settings, and public health messaging, working across Japan and the UK. My work is grounded in discourse analysis, pragmatics and ethnography, using qualitative methodologies.
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October 2021 - August 2024
June 2021 - March 2022
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January 2017 - October 2020
September 2015 - September 2016
April 2007 - March 2011
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The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a host of critical reflections about discourse practises dealing with public health issues. Situating crisis communication at the centre of societal and political debates about responses to the pandemic, this volume analyses the discursive strategies used in a variety of settings.
Exploring how crisis discourse has...
This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the use of patient-/person-centred communication in providing healthcare for ageing populations through an ethnographic approach to physician in-home medical consultations in Tokyo, Japan, alongside interviews with physicians. It focuses on illustrating how linguistic dimensions of person-centred commu...
Introduction: From declarations of war to denial to explanations: How global publics have coped with the COVID-19 pandemic
This book aims to shed light on how different national and cultural communities across the world have dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic since its inception at the start of 2020. The public debates about the pandemic have articu...
Background
Ambiguity is inherent in medicine, and tolerance for ambiguity (TFA) has recently been of substantial interest. Effective medical education for TFA requires a validated inventory; one validated measure in wide use is the seven-item TFA scale. In Japan, however, a tool for measuring TFA in undergraduate medical education has not been avai...
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Patient care ownership (PCO) among medical students is a growing area in the field of medical education. While PCO has received increasing attention, there are no instruments to assess PCO in the context of Japanese undergraduate medical education. This study aimed to translate, culturally adapt, and validate the PCO Scale – Medical stud...
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Ambiguity is inherent to the medical field; hence, assessing and educating medical trainees regarding ambiguity tolerance is essential. The Tolerance of Ambiguity in Medical Students and Doctors (TAMSAD) scale—a novel instrument that assesses ambiguity tolerance in clinical settings—has been widely used for medical education research in...
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Although there are many tools to assess medical professionalism, they rarely address patients’ perspectives. The instrument for patient assessment of medical professionalism (IPAMP) comprises 11 items and has been established and validated as a valuable tool for assessing trainees’ professionalism from the patient’s perspective. However,...
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Patient care ownership (PCO) is an essential component in medical professionalism and is crucial for delivering high-quality care. The 15-item PCO Scale (PCOS) is a validated questionnaire for quantifying PCO in residents; however, no corresponding tool for assessing PCO in Japan exists. This study aimed to develop a Japanese version of...
This study examines how and why the expression of empathy observed among Japanese doctors is so limited. A structured literature search of clinical communication skills textbooks and guidelines for the medical education context was undertaken. The review highlights the following three contributing factors: 1) clinical empathy, as a concept in clini...
Poster presented for the 16th International Pragmatics Conference (IPrA Conference) held in June 2019 at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Work-in-progress presentation at the International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice (ALAPP), Cardiff University, UK.
