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Meet the Keynote Speaker: RACHEL ROBERTS EALTHY, Ros Wright, Rachel Roberts

August 2026 | Events

Ros Wright interviewed the plenary speaker Rachel Roberts about her professional background and a message she wants to pass on to the participants at the 7th English for Healthcare Conference in 11-12 September 2026 in Kraków. 

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Meet the Keynote Speaker: ANDY WARD EALTHY, Ros Wright, Andy Ward

August 2026 | Events

Ros Wright interviewed the plenary speaker Andy Ward about his professional background and a message he wants to pass on to the participants at the 7th English for Healthcare Conference in 11-12 September 2026 in Kraków. 

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Webinar Summary | Teaching Empathy in Clinical Settings EALTHY & SLC

May 2026 | Articles and Comment

In this insightful webinar, Andy explored his perspectives on therapeutic empathy, benefits of empathic care for patients and healthcare professionals, and how to teach it effectively. He believes that both patients and practitioners can benefit from applying principles of therapeutic care.

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SLC offer new Institutional Licence – 850 hours of digital medical English from only £5 per month EALTHY

April 2026 | EALTHY Blog

EALTHY Associate member and longstanding partner, Specialist Language Courses (SLC), has launched a new institutional licence, giving university and college students access to over 850 hours of Medical English courses for one low monthly price. The courses have all been developed with one goal in mind – to enable learners to engage effectively and confidently […]

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Webinar Summary | In the Role of a Simulated Patient EALHY & SLC

April 2026 | Articles and Comment

In this webinar, Ros interviewed Peter about his experience of becoming a simulated patient at the Language and Communication Department, University of Pécs, Hungary. They discussed Peter´s career prior to taking on this role, his approach to teaching and assessing communication skills, as well as the most challenging role play scenarios.

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Webinar Summary | The Use of Metaphors in Healthcare Communication EALTHY & SLC

March 2026 | Articles and Comment

Professor Elena Semino introduced ‘Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare’ a book she co-authored. In particular, she described the role of metaphors in healthcare communication and the frequency of collocations associated with pain, cancer, and vaccine.

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The Conference Venue: a Long-standing Reputation Worldwide EALTHY & SLC

January 2026 | Events

The partnership with Jagellonian University enables EALTHY to broaden the scope of expertise, perspectives, and opportunities offered to conference participants. Join us for an inspiring event where strong historical foundations in healthcare teaching and research come together with today’s challenges in medical and language education.

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Webinar | Audiovisual Translation for Inclusion and Accessibility (AVTIA) project EALTHY & SLC

January 2026 | Events

We´re delighted to share outcomes of the AVTIA project of our members and the 5th English for Healthcare conference (2022) co-organizers from the University of Belgrade in Serbia. Irena Aleksić-Hajduković and Danka Sinadinović will talk present them in the upcoming webinar on January 26th.

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Webinar Summaries 2025, a free e-book EALTHY & SLC

December 2025 | Discussion

We covered a wide range of timely and practical topics, including the OET writing test, development of effective communication skills for real-world professional contexts, and professional advancement.

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