Healthcare communication

International

Project title: Healthcare communication

Project number: HU-1704-04-2526

Starting Date: 2022

End Date: 2026

Project Website:  https://www.ceepus.info/nw/1704-2526

Partners:

Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary  https://semmelweis.hu/english/ (coordinator)

Western Balkans University Tirana, Albania  https://wbu.edu.al/

Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, www.cuni.cz

Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic, www.upol.cz

Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, www.muni.cz

University of Rijeka, Croatia, www.uniri.hr

University of Split, Croatia, www.unist.hr

University of Pécs, Hungary, https://international.pte.hu/

Ss. Cyril und Methodius University in Skopje,  Republic of North Macedonia, www.ukim.edu.mk

Comenius University in Bratislava, Martin Slovakia, www.uniba.sk

University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, www.uni-lj.si/eng/  

Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, www.umb.sk

University of Belgrade, School of Dental Medicine – English Language www.bg.ac.rs and Faculty of Medicine Department of Humanities www.bg.ac.rs

 University of Zielona Góra, Poland, www.uz.zgora.pl

Medical University of Graz, Austria, www.medunigraz.at

GE Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures, Romania, https://umfst.ro/

Local institutional coordinator: Prof. univ. dr. Anișoara Pop


Project description:

1. Objectives

This is the first network to analyse healthcare communication in several languages and cultures within the framework of CEEPUS. The instructors, researchers, healthcare professionals and students involved in this network are familiar with the intercultural and interdisciplinary approaches to medical communication. The activities include instruction and interdisciplinary research of medical terminology, communication, translation, interpreting, and languages for specific purposes. Through mobilities, the network allows for the sharing of knowledge, research, and teaching materials. This will result in an improvement in the well-being of patients, the patient-centred communication skills of students and health care professionals. 

2. Main activities

  • Raising awareness of the multidimensional importance in healthcare communication
  • Fostering inclusive regional collaboration in languages for healthcare purposes
  • Expanding linguistic diversity in the network
  • Developing common resources and programs
  • Courses in medical translation, interpreting, and terminology
  • Courses for scientific writing, thesis writing, and scientific editing
  • Sharing of academic expertise through mobility programmes


3. Results 2024

  • 4 outgoing mobilities to Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic – Masaryk University Language Centre, Unit at the Faculty of Medicine; Semmelweis University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Budapest, Hungary – Department of Languages for Specific Purposes; University of Belgrade, Serbia – Faculty of Medicine, Department of Humanities; University of Belgrade, Serbia – School of Dental Medicine – English Language.