An overview of the tentative schedule (updated April ) is below. Presentation abstracts and presenter bios will be made available shortly. Information will continue to be added or revised as we approach the conference weekend.
Individual presentations are 25 minutes, including 5 minutes for questions.
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Friday, June 19
19:00 - 21:00
Pre-Conference site check/meeting - by officers/conference planning committee
Saturday, June 20
9:30 - 10:30
Registration
10:00 - 10:10
Opening Ceremony
10:10 - 11:00
A. Simpson & Y. Hirai: "Development and Calibration of English OSCE Checklists for C-Section and Chemotherapy Nursing Simulations"
E. Iwasaki: "Australia’s 2025 Nursing Registration: New English Standards and Impact on Japanese Applicants"
11:00-11:15
Break
11:15-12:05
C. Murray & P. Mathieson: "Using AI Chatbots in nursing English classrooms"
C. Noda: "Co-Constructing Professional Communication in Nursing through Role-Play"
12:05 - 13:05
Lunch
13:05 - 14:45
J. Dennisson: "AI-Powered Platform for Cultural Competency: Interactive Learning Utilizing CALD Patient Narratives"
I. Dryden, T. Miyazaki, A. Koike, M. Tanahashi, & L.M. Dryden: "Training in Psychological Inference and Characterization of Pediatric Patients in Nursing English Language Classes"
J. Huffman & N. Kitamura: "Guided AI Use in an English Academic Writing Course for Nursing Students"
J. Kelly: "Medical Vocabulary and the First Year Nursing Student: Nouns, Grammar, Games and Retention"
14:45 - 15:00
Break
15:00 - 15:30
POSTER: W. Davies, S. Fraser, & M. Higa: "Designing Vocabulary-Based Healthcare Materials for First-Year Students at Hiroshima University"
POSTER: Y. Tsutsumi: "Toward a “Simple English” for Nursing Care in Japan"
POSTER: M. Sando: "The history of katakana healthcare-related loanword and adaptation from their original English models"
15:30 - 15:45
Break
15:45 - 17:00
Y. Atsumi & A. Batty: "Invisible Difficulties in Nursing English Research in the Age of AI: A Practical Teaching Report"
Perceptia (Sponsor Presentation): S. Capper: "TBA"
JALT DAC Conference Speaker: Jim Ronald: "Pragmatics and Nursing: A Patient's Perspective"
17:00 - 17:15
Break
17:15 - 17:55
PLENARY: R. Wright: " Clinical Communication Models: A solution to teaching at lower level?"
17:55 - 18:05
End of Day 1 remarks
Sunday, June 21
9:05 - 9:10
Opening Remarks
9:10 - 9:40
AGM
9:40 - 10:30
E. Fortin: "How ten years of international exchanges have demonstrated COVID’s influence on programs and student interest"
M. Higa & J. Iwata: "Foreign Residents’ Healthcare Experiences in Japan: Insights for English‑medium Medical Communication Education"
10:30 - 10:45
Break
10:45 - 12:00
J. Hensley & M. Porter: "Faculty perspectives on the role of English, simulation, and OSCEs in Japanese nursing education"
Y. Nakamura: "Enhancing Motivation and Engagement in English Learning among Nursing Students"
T. Inada: "From English Learning to Disciplinary Success: Developing an Interdisciplinary Learning Support Model through Longitudinal Intervention"
12:00 - 12:10
Closing remarks
A leading voice in English for Medical Purposes, Ros has worked as a teacher, Director of Studies, and Assistant ESP Editor for a major ELT publisher, and has been specializing in EMP since 1998. Her publication Good Practice: Communication Skills in English for the Medical Practitioner (Cambridge University Press) was shortlisted for the 2008 British Council Award for Innovation and went on to win the inaugural BESIG-David Riley Award for Innovation in ESP. Twice President of TESOL France, she has also served on both the IATEFL Proposals Committee and the Conference Committee. In 2016, she founded English for Medicine.net, which provides clinical communications and cultural adaptation training to overseas healthcare professionals, alongside specialist teacher training courses for those working in English for healthcare. As we look forward to welcoming Ros in June, you can learn more about Ros and her work at englishformedicine.net.
医療英語(EMP)分野の第一人者であるWright氏は、教師、教務部長、大手英語教育出版社のESP(専門英語)編集アシスタントなどを歴任し、1998年よりEMPを専門としてきました。著書『Good Practice: Communication Skills in English for the Medical Practitioner』(ケンブリッジ大学出版局)は、2008年のブリティッシュ・カウンシル・イノベーション賞の最終候補に選出され、その後、第1回BESIG-David Riley ESPイノベーション賞を受賞しました。TESOLフランス支部の会長を2期務めたほか、IATEFLの提案委員会および会議委員会の委員も歴任しています。2016年には、English for Medicine.netを設立しました。同サイトでは、海外の医療従事者向けに臨床コミュニケーションや文化的適応に関するトレーニングを提供するほか、医療現場で英語を活用する方々に向けた専門的な教員養成コースも提供しています。6月にWrightさんをお迎えできることを楽しみにしております。Wrightさんとその活動について詳しくは、englishformedicine.netをご覧ください。