2019 Schedule

An overview of the schedule is below. Presentation abstracts and presenter bios can be accessed by clicking on the hypertext links for Saturday and Sunday.

Individual presentations are 25 minutes, including 5 minutes for questions.

Saturday

12:30-1:00 Registration

1:00-1:10 Opening Remarks

1:10-3:05 Session 1

Different specialties, different feedback? English medical exam advice from a language teacher and a healthcare professional -- Dr. Theron Muller

Challenges in helping nursing students with developmental disorders to learn English – Our experience -- Yutaka Kato

Student and teacher evaluations of a nursing English fluency speaking programme -- Paul Mathieson, Rima Ghashut, Francesco Bolstad, & Sufian Elfandi

Non-Japanese Simulated Patient Sessions in an English Course for Japanese Nursing Students -- Jeffrey Huffman

3:05-3:20 Break

3:20-3:40 Session 2: Posters

Nursing Students' Mindsets Across their English and Nursing Studies: Preliminary Findings -- Donald Patterson

Participation in a nursing training program following the floods in Western Japan -- Rie Ikeda, Katsuko Okimoto, Tetsuya Ogino, Sinsuke Sasaki, & Sachiko Takahashi

3:45-5:40 Session 3

The Clinical Case Presentation: A Nursing English Perspective -- Michael Guest

A student-centered role-play course for nursing students incorporating smartphone activities -- Craig Woods

Comics in the Classroom: Using English Comics to Improve Student Communicative Abilities -- James Kelly

From Input to output: How to help students learn medical English with card games -- Maki Inoue

5:40-5:55 Closing

6:30-8:30 Reception

Conference Dinner

Venue: Metaphor at Hotel Meilparque Nagano

The hotel is about a 5-minute walk from the conference venue, on the same side of the street.

Menu: buffet with soft drink bar

There are no options for those with dietary restrictions. Vegetarians, depending on the strictness of their diet, may be able to enjoy salad, tempura, and Shinshu soba noodles from the buffet.

A 90-minute all-you-can-drink option is available. (B Course)

Price: 2300 yen (Standard Course); 4000 yen (B Course)

Time: 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Although we have a reservation for 30 people, we will be split into a few groups. To ensure your place at the conference dinner, please RSVP by June 15. If you RSVP, your 2300 yen (or 4000 yen) will be collected at the registration table on Saturday. Your cooperation is appreciated.

Sunday

9:00-9:15 Set up & registration

9:15-9:20 Opening Remarks

9:20-11:15 Session 4A & 4B

PI301

A flexible framework for student oral presentations -- James Hobbs

Preparing Japanese nursing students for new-era international exchanges through an inaugural global studies course -- Eric Fortin

Re-motivating first-year nursing students to become autonomous learners: Incorporating inspirational visual materials into English classes -- Michiko Sakaguchi

English café activities for nursing students to facilitate and encourage global communication competency -- Naoko Nishimura, Yuri Nonami, Hisashi Nakaguchi

PI302

What Do Nurses Do? -- Mathew Porter

Needs Assessment of an Adult EFL Leaner with ALS: A Case Study -- Yoko Atsumi