Homepage

Overview

Patients, health professionals, and researchers all agree that good communication between health practitioner and patient is of prime importance when faced with diagnosis and treatment of illness. Most patients wish to understand as much as possible, yet the issues and emotions are often complex, and they will have their own unique way of communicating and understanding health matters. Our workshops provide the opportunity for health professionals to develop their ability to communicate well with different stakeholders, build good communication skills and habits, and leave our workshop with an increased confidence of being able to create an environment for good communication between all parties.

Our Approach

Our evidence- and experience-based workshops are designed to provide safe learning environments for health professionals from all fields. This includes working with passionate and experienced actors, whom provide participants with the opportunity to practice their communication skills in immersive but safe scenarios. Participants explore options, work from evidence available within the situation, and extend their repertoire of communication skills.

Options

We will endeavour to create and run a workshop that meets all of your criteria. We can provide an “off the rack” generic workshop if desired, and can also design a tailor-made workshop addressing all your specific needs. Existing programs may be adapted to your situation, or we can collaborate in producing new programs. Our goal is to ensure that the final design of the workshop creates an interesting and productive learning environment for your participants, providing them with the best educational outcome.

Formats

We provide engaging workshops based on a number of creative formats and of varying duration (3 to 4 hours in length being the most common). Main communication issues addressed within workshops include breaking bad news, open disclosure, end of life discussions, supervision and feedback, conflict, bullying, and more. We work collaboratively with a wide range of clients across the health professions, based within Greater Sydney but run workshops across Australia.

More Information

For more information on formats and samples of workshops, please see our Types of Workshops page.

If you’re interested in making an enquiry about collaborating with PMC or would like to simply review the information required for starting a project with us, please see our Workshops Enquiries page.

For any general questions not answered by our website, please feel free to contact us via email at sms.pmcadmin@sydney.edu.au with the details.