Robyn
Woodward-Kron,
PhD
Professor Health Communication
University of Melbourne
Professor Robyn Woodward-Kron researches language and communication in healthcare and in health professional education. The purpose of her research is both to understand how language and communication enable healthcare as well as how health professional students learn through interactions.
Robyn's role in the Department of Medical Education is Director of Research and Research Training. Her PhD is in educational linguistics and she has over 100 research and scholarly outputs. These include award winning multi-media resources for International Medical Graduates, and online resources for medical and health professional students.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Background:Healthcare students are entering increasingly complex clinical environments where interprofessional communication is critical to safe, effective, and equitable care. Yet interprofessional education (IPE) often focuses on structured, face-to-face, synchronous exchanges. This presents a disconnect from the realities of practice, where clinicians must navigate dynamic, asynchronous, and informal interactions across systems and settings.Aim:This study aimed to explore how interprofessional communication occurs in practice and identify educational responses that reflect its real-world…