{"id":14688,"date":"2025-08-13T14:24:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T12:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/szaknyelv\/?page_id=14688"},"modified":"2026-02-03T06:30:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T05:30:54","slug":"simulation-based-communication-training-columbia-university","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/szaknyelv\/en\/education\/simulation-based-courses\/simulation-based-communication-training-columbia-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Simulation-Based Communication Training \u2013 Columbia University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Preliminary registration for our simulation-based courses:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Please be informed that seats are limited, so the sooner you sign up, the more secure your seat will be. Furthermore, the registration of higher-year students is prioritized.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Simulation-based medical communication training in cooperation with Columbia University<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<br \/>\n<i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">together with the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Recommended for 3-5<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> year students in the Hungarian\/English\/German Medicine and for 3-4<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> year students in the Hungarian\/English Nursing programmes.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2 credits, 90 minutes\/week<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"5\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Schedule and location: weeks 1-14<br \/>\n<\/span>\u2013 group 1: Monday 18:00-19:30, 1st lesson: 16 February<br \/>\n\u2013\u00a0 group 2: Wednesday 18:00-19:30, 1st lesson: 18 February<br \/>\n\u2013\u00a0 City Corner Skill Lab (3rd floor, \u00dcll\u0151i \u00fat 25.)\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The aim of the course is to provide linguistic tools for medical and nursing students to prepare them for interactions with patients, relatives and other healthcare professionals through simulation. After the first, introductory class, students will engage in simulated scenarios each week. Following the standards of Columbia University, instructors from both Semmelweis University and Columbia University will guide students through pre-written scenarios with the help of Columbia-trained simulated patients.\u00a0 With special focus on compassionate communication, the course will cover the linguistic tools necessary for taking patient medical history, delivering bad news, explaining a change in lifestyle and handling emergency situations. Giving feedback and constructive criticism will also be practised during a debriefing session after each simulation. Verbal performances \u2013 both during scenarios and feedback-sessions \u2013, and written performances in the form of journals and reflections will serve as the basis for evaluation and linguistic research:\u00a0 the acquisition and use of linguistic tools to communicate difficult medical issues efficiently by non-native speakers of English might offer an insight into how important language is in healthcare, as well as into how foreign-language teaching of medical professionals could be improved in Hungary.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Medical and nursing students will be able to select the appropriate linguistic tools to show empathy and compassion towards patients in emotionally charged and delicate medical situations. Students will gain experience in addressing the same medical issue to different personalities, and will be able to verbally handle unexpected reactions of patients. By the end of the course, students will be able to use a number of cohesive devices, give verbal reassurance to and calm patients, explain medical information to patients, adapt to patients\u2019 needs and mood, and describe peer feedback process.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Broad objectives:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">addressing the verbal component of giving bad news<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">strengthening a patient-centered approach<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">helping to manage uncertainty<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">enhancing the use of linguistic components of doctor-patient communication<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">gaining confidence during scripted, simulated scenarios<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Syllabus:<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Week 1 \u201cFeedback\u201d &#8211; Guest lecture by Anthony Young (CU) on feedback; Language focus: positive language, feedback forms<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Week 2 \u201cCompassionate communication\u201d &#8211; Guest lecture by Natalya Pasklinsky (CU) on compassionate communication, language use, establishing trust; Language focus: summarizing, time adverbs, sequencing<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Week 3 \u201cTaking medical history\u201d &#8211; Language focus: paraphrase information and questions<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Week 4 \u201cFinding out more\u201d &#8211; Language focus: tenses (past and present forms)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Week 5 \u201cShared decision-making\u201d &#8211; Language focus: eliciting, assertive communication, embedded and direct forms<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Week 6 \u201cArranging information\u201d &#8211; Language focus: organization, structure of speech, transition signals, ordering points, linking adverbs; Guest lecture on breaking bad news<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Week 7 \u201cPatient understanding\u201d &#8211; Language focus: repetition (keywords), paraphrasing to avoid being monotonous (synonyms)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Week 8 \u201cExplanation\u201d &#8211; Language focus: synonyms, metaphors, idioms, analogies<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Week 9 \u201cClarification\u201d &#8211; Language focus: speech rhythm, syntax<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Week 10 \u201cUncertainty\u201d &#8211; Language focus: apologizing, embedded structures, that-clauses, ellipsis<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Week 11 \u201cReferral\u201d &#8211; Language focus: argumentation, use of adverbs, adapting to a setting in which multiple speakers are involved<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Week 12 \u201cCalming down\u201d &#8211; Language focus: types of sentences (declarative-imperative-exclamatory)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Week 13 \u201cShared decision-making\u201d &#8211; Language focus: intonation, pronunciation<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Week 14 \u201cDebrief\u201d &#8211; Summary of the course; Evaluation; Student feedback<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Methods:<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Communicative language teaching (CLT) approach<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Neuro-linguisitic programming (NLP)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Simulation*<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NCSBN simulation guidelines (National Council of State Boards of Nursing)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Standardized Patient Scenario (Columbia University School of Nursing)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">INACSL standards (International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">SPIKES protocol for bad news delivery nurse<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Calgary-Cambridge Guide<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">PEARLS Debriefing Script (Columbia University)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Plus\/Delta method<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">EPSCALE rating scale<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">CAT<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">*Scenarios will be chosen from a \u201cSimulation Pool\u201d. All scenarios are designed in collaboration with Columbia University, according to Columbia University standards, using Columbia University templates.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Requirements:<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8211; 75% attendance<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8211; 2 simulations &#8211; as scheduled<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8211; weekly journals &#8211; 100-150 words summarizing experiences and knowledge gained during class.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8211; 1 written reflection after the student&#8217;s second simulation<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Instructors:<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dr. Rausch-Moln\u00e1r Luca<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dr. Frit\u00faz G\u00e1bor<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Natalya Pasklinsky<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Anthony Young<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preliminary registration for our simulation-based courses:\u00a0 Please be informed that seats are limited, so the sooner you sign up, the more secure your seat will be. Furthermore, the registration of higher-year students is prioritized.\u00a0 Simulation-based medical communication training in cooperation with Columbia University\u00a0 together with the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy\u00a0 Recommended for 3-5th &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102166,"featured_media":0,"parent":14684,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14688","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/szaknyelv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/szaknyelv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/szaknyelv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/szaknyelv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102166"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/szaknyelv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14688"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/szaknyelv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15650,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/szaknyelv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14688\/revisions\/15650"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/szaknyelv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/szaknyelv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/szaknyelv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/szaknyelv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}