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there are five workshops running in parallel at this conference. Please indicate your preference in the registration form - workshops will be assigned on a first comes first basis.
there are five workshops running in parallel at this conference. Please indicate your preference in the registration form - workshops will be assigned on a first comes first basis.
Workshop 1: Building Relationships/Partnerships and Centring Indigenous People's Voices When Working Abroad.
Conference Room 1
Are you conducting research in collaboration with Indigenous communities or working in regions with cultural heritage considerations? Join us for a workshop that will use the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) Indigenous Partnerships Policy as a case study to consider ethical and collaborative research in these contexts.
Hosted by field researchers based at the University of Exeter, this interactive session will aim to explore:
Best practices for engaging with indigenous and local communities in research.
lessons from AIMS's Indigenous Partnerships Policy and its application to global research contexts.
The importance of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) when working in culturally significant areas.
How researchers and students can integrate these principles in their own projects.
This workshop is ideal for students, researchers and faculty conducting fieldwork and working in conservation and policy. We will discuss how to build respectful, mutually beneficial partnerships with Indigenous communities while conducting research.
Speakers:
Dr Safi Darden, Dr Sophie Nedelec
Workshop 2: Decolonising Research Methodologies
Conference Room 2
This workshop will explore the overall theme of decolonising research methods and methodologies and contribute to understanding decolonising medical education research methodologies through addressing some questions. It will also explore a range of perspectives on the questions in order to inform research ideas and create traction for decolonising medical education research methods and methodologies.
Speakers:
Prof Tudor Chinnah, Prof Stephanie Bull
Workshop 3: Different Perspectives and Reflections in Decolonising Research in Healthcare
Seminar Room A
This workshop explores two critical aspects of ethnic inequality in healthcare: the systemic barriers international pharmacy graduates face in professional training, and the cultural and socioeconomic challenges affecting primary care engagement and early cancer diagnosis in underrepresented communities.
Amad takes a top-down approach in his research and uses theoretical frameworks such as social closure to describe the importance of clinical training for international pharmacy graduates wanting to practice pharmacy in a Western country. In the session, he will talk about the absence of efficient clinical training opportunities and how this impacts the international pharmacy graduate’s integration into the healthcare system, which needs pharmacists. Also, he uses new institutional theory to examine how educational institutes in different parts of the world seek to gain international recognition for their pharmacy programs. In that, he asks why a student graduating from an internationally accredited institute and is a practising pharmacist in their respected country would not be able to practice in any Western country they immigrate to, while this is not the case for their Western counterparts who can practice when going to any non-western country.
Mel, an early career researcher in ethnic inequalities in early cancer diagnosis, will share insights from her work engaging with local underrepresented communities. These conversations highlight the impact of cultural, religious, and socioeconomic barriers faced by many ethnic minority patients that can affect a patients' ability or willingness to engage with primary care for potential cancer symptoms. In this session, Mel will reflect on what she has learned through these conversations, and how it also raised broader questions for the wider research community working to address ethnic inequalities in healthcare.
By bringing together these perspectives, this workshop aims to spark a critical discussion on the structural inequities embedded in medicine and the urgent need to decolonise healthcare systems.
Speakers:
Dr Amad Al-Azzawi, Melissa Barlow
Workshop 4: Decolonising Research on Global Education
Seminar Room B
Who determines what qualifies as ‘good’ medical education? Who sets global standards and frameworks? This workshop critically examines how colonial histories, economic structures, and power imbalances have shaped medical education and continue to influence it today. Through interactive discussions, we will explore whether global frameworks are truly inclusive or reinforce dominant perspectives and consider who holds the power in shaping medical education. By the end of the session, participants will gain a critical lens to challenge established norms and explore ways to decolonise medical education research for a more equitable future
Speaker:
Dr Lois Haruna-Cooper
Workshop 5: Decolonising the Medical Research used to Benchmark NHS Medical Diagnostic Tests
Seminar Room C
The medical doctors in the NHS use various medical diagnostic tests to arrive at the working diagnoses for their patients. Historical medical research was used to benchmark the various institutionalised diagnostic classifications and radiological ratios, and was typically based on a sample of White participants, but the results of the medical research were then applied to everyone using the NHS system and does not account for ethnic biological differences. The Workshop will include group discussions on range of problematic diagnostic tests by the NHS, and on medical research and policy that is currently being done to decolonise the problematic diagnostic tests by factoring in ethnic differences, such as the APGAR Scores, Renal GFR and BMI.
Speakers:
Dr Hope Gangata
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