Dr Rachael Drewery (RN/HV)

A great day of planning with @charlottealbury.bsky.social and the resident dragon.

*So* much research starts with difference-based questions and researchers' categories/assumptions - helping to feed or legitimise communication myths and stereotypes. But the evidence about what people say/do in actual non-lab non-post-hoc accounts of interaction shows something else entirely #EMCA

YouTube video by Sarah White Complexity and objectivity in teaching interprofessional healthcare communication

Last year I gave a plenary talk at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare #ICCH2024 last year. I've now posted it on YouTube along with the Q&A (edited to anonymise those asking questions). You can find them here: youtu.be/U8O7JO5YnFs and youtu.be/S9sQODEyFAs

Accessing and Using Data without Informed Consent: Guiding Principles from Conversation Analysis We critically reflect on ethical challenges of making, accessing, and using audio/video recordings for social research in which participants have not and/or cannot provide informed consent. We dist...

Ever wanted to access and use data without informed consent but couldn’t find any guiding principles on how to do that ethically?

Look no further… read our new paper out now in @rolsi-journal.bsky.social special section 🙂

doi.org/10.1080/0835...

The title and abstract of Joyce et al "accessing and using data without informed consent: guiding principles from conversation analysis" in Rolsi 2025

A run through of the articles in the Special Section on "The Ethics of Collecting, Curating and Sharing Data in Conversation Analysis", now online (1st of 6 posts)

#EMCA

1. Joyce et al
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A listing of the titles of the articles in the new addition of research on language and social interaction, including six articles on the ethics of collecting curating and sharing data and conversation analysis

The new edition of ROLSI features 6 papers on "The Ethics of Collecting, Curating and Sharing Data in Conversation Analysis", and two 'ordinary' articles, one on managing expectations in dementia, and one on how live streaming is organised..

www.tandfonline.com/toc/hrls20/c...

Are you a UK clinician who manages children & young people with musculoskeletal pain?

The CAM-Pain study @keeleuniversity.bsky.social would love you to take part in our E-Delphi study gathering views on developing resources for children & young people with MSK pain. Link: tinyurl.com/53b2a2jn

An ‘explosion’ in nurse lecturer cuts risks nursing jobs and patient safety | News |Royal College of Nursing | Royal College of Nursing RCN calls for government action to protect nursing courses, after a rapid rise in nurse lecturer redundancies shows the higher education financial crisis is spreading

Nurse lecturer redundancies and severances in higher education will impact the quality of education nursing students receive.

This is an incredibly serious moment risking the quality of nursing education, the future domestic workforce, and patient safety.

We need urgent action. Read more.

Were you inspired by our speakers at our iHV EBP 2025 conference? Next year it could be you!
Our call for abstracts for iHV Evidence-based Practice (EBP) Conference 2026 is now open!
ihv.org.uk/events/ihv-e...
#iHVEBP2026 #HealthVisiting #CallForAbstracts

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Across the UK, UCAS data shows that applications to study nursing have fallen by 34% since 2021.

We can’t afford to lose the next generation of nursing staff – sign our petition to demand governments across the UK do more to improve financial support for nursing students ➡️ buff.ly/7LmGXKM

Listening to Rest is Politics, Rest is Politics US, and reading respected commentators, it's striking how 'left-wing bias' in universities is now taken for granted. That matters, especially in the US, where academia faces political attack. Thoughts from having worked in US/UK universities. 🧵

This'll be probably the last time I get to teach this course that has given me a lot of joy and has made many people happy (not my words, read the reviews and what people have said about this course on social media 😍!).
We have only a couple of places left to join us. See you next month!

As a member of the #EMCA community @oxprimarycare.bsky.social I would encourage you to give this application a go! Supportive team @charlottealbury, lots of opportunities and fascinating projects. Happy to talk informally about working in Health Behaviours/Clinical Communication Team at Oxford⬇️⬇️

Our new qualitative researcher post is now hiring. I completely understand (& have been there) that Oxford might feel challenging to apply to. But if you think this job could be for you, please do apply. And if you want to talk do get in touch. We are kind, inclusive, supportive team & department.

Our new interactive training tool supports h/c professionals to develop skills to have positive & well received conversations with patients living with obesity.

tinyurl.com/7ubu7nz2
#WorldObesityDay
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@theqni.bsky.social
@drfinney77.bsky.social
@drhelenanderson.bsky.social

This #WorldObesityDay, a new tool to help healthcare professionals talk about weight loss with patients living with obesity is now live 🗣️

Built by @charlottealbury.bsky.social & @rachaeldrewery.bsky.social, the interactive tool was co-designed with HCP & people living with obesity.

This new communication skills training tool is based in our #ConversationAnalysis research, and was co-designed with healthcare professionals & people living with obesity.

Training is brief, CPD accredited, & free.

#WorldObesityDay

@oxprimarycare.bsky.social
@lizstokoe.bsky.social

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Our new interactive training tool supports healthcare professionals to develop skills to have positive & well received conversations with patients living with obesity.

tinyurl.com/7ubu7nz2

#WorldObesityDay
@oxprimarycare.bsky.social
@designscience.bsky.social
@rachaeldrewery.bsky.social

Research Associate: Health Services Research Dr Carmel Conefrey at University of Bristol is seeking a Research Associate / Senior Research Associate to work on QuinteT (Qualitative Research Integrated within Trials).

Dr Carmel Conefrey at University of Bristol is seeking a Research Associate / Senior Research Associate to work on QuinteT (Qualitative Research Integrated within Trials). Closing date: 5th March.

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...

Our starter pack for the qualitative methods community is growing! Check out these brilliant qual scholars, and reply to this post if you'd like to be included: bsky.app/starter-pack... #qualitative

Nursing degree programmes are critical to developing and maintaining high quality, evidence-based nursing practice. In 2025, it is just not acceptable to be proposing to cut nursing degree programmes (or many of the other degree programmes that are under threat)

Our new paper out now in @jama.com provides specific insights for clinicians on how to have supportive and helpful conversations about weight loss with patients living with obesity. @oxprimarycare.bsky.social

A @mgsesrcdtp.bsky.social funded collaborative PhD studentship to work with me and @lizpeel.bsky.social
on "Identity work in palliative care" - a postgraduate research project using conversation analysis. Full details on how to apply here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...

If you are a #nursing student or just graduating, and meet the eligibility criteria, I would encourage you to apply. I have a project advertised in primary care. @rcn.org.uk #studentnurse #newlyqualifiednurse

Explore postgraduate study at Oxford University this summer. Apply now for our UNIQ+ research internships to work with Oxford researchers on projects in a range of subject areas: www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...

Atypical Interaction Conference Welcome to Linköping University, Sweden and the Atypical Interaction Conference, 10-12 June 2025. Abstract submissions will appear here in November. Abstract submission deadline will be 20 January 202...

This looks like a really interesting conference. Still taking submissions.

"Atypical" will cover quite range of different kinds of interactions (dementia, aphasia, autism etc), so should be of wide interest to CA researchers.

liu.se/en/research/...

ICCA 2026 pre-conference workshops We are preparing for the next ICCA in Edmonton in June 2026. We would appreciate your input regarding pre-conference workshop offerings. Please share with us any wishes or other thoughts you have rega...

#ICCA2026 is committed to offering 🌟 Pre-Conference Workshops 🌟 tailored to sharpen your research skills and support your academic journey. Share your topic ideas via this survey and feel free to forward it to colleagues! forms.gle/RmZrjJcFEDLT...

PhD Studentship: Identity Work in Palliative Care: A Conversation Analytic Study of Interactions with Newly Diagnosed Patients at Midlands Graduate School Doctoral Training Partnership jobs.ac.uk are now advertising a PhD Studentship: Identity Work in Palliative Care: A Conversation Analytic Study of Interactions with Newly Diagnosed Patients. Discover exciting PhD opportunities on ...

Fully funded #PhD see www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLN059/p... Deadline 28 Feb. Please share.

We're hosting a conference in Conversation Analysis in July, aimed at PhD researchers. The call for abstracts is out now. The invited speakers are Paul Drew and Lorenza Mondada. Info below!

Glad to have this network and thank you for the opportunity to share #emca work