2022 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Mapping Communication and the Use of English within the Practice of Medicine
| Project/Area Number |
19K00823
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| Research Institution | Hiroshima University |
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Principal Investigator |
Davies Walter 広島大学, 外国語教育研究センター, 准教授 (30448261)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
Fraser Simon 広島大学, 外国語教育研究センター, 教授 (10403510)
榎田 一路 広島大学, 外国語教育研究センター, 准教授 (20268668) [Withdrawn]
達川 奎三 広島文化学園大学, 学芸学部, 教授 (00290528)
HIGA MARSHALL 広島大学, 外国語教育研究センター, 准教授 (50736923)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | portable studio / endoscopy / neurosurgery / technical words / word parts |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
In 2022, a portable recording studio was designed and developed for use in hospital-based research. This was trialled using a translated document to build a short video presentation relating to endoscopy. The research on endoscopy influenced long-term research on technical words and word parts. Contact was made with the university’s endoscopy department and also at a neurosurgery department at a hospital near the Higashi-Hiroshima campus. The approach to medical English research was described in a book chapter for Palgrave MacMillan.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
The research team were able to use existing contacts at the university medical campus and another hospital to get permission to undertake hospital-based research. The team's technical expert on equipment, Marshall Higa, made very good progress on designing and developing the portable recording studio.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
The team plans to translate and analyze key hospital documents, document and summarize a number of medical procedures, then develop video and other materials on Moodle. Where possible interviews with medical professionals will be used to identify specific English language needs at the hospitals involved in the research.
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| Causes of Carryover |
The research was delayed partly by the effect of the Covid 19 pandemic and also due to the death of one of the team's members during the research period. The remaining budget will be used for disseminating results at conferences and building online learning materials.
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