Date: 21st May 2022 (Saturday)
Time: 11.00-12.30pm
Venue: Zoom Meeting
Speakers: Prof Dr Rafidah Atan (UM), Prof Dr Nor'Azim Mohd Yunus (UM), Dr Ayeshah Syed (UM), Dr Charity Lee (UM)
Moderator: Ms Grazele Jenarun, Universiti Malaya Medical Centre- Medical Research Ethics Committee
The Medical Humanities and Ethics Unit (MedHEU), together with the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics (FLL) organized a webinar on ‘Difficult Conversations: Open Disclosure following Adverse Events’ on the 21st May 2022. It was also a collaboration with the College of Anaesthesiologists, Academy of Medicine Malaysia, namely the Critical Care Section and the Malaysian Society of Anaesthesiologists.
Moderated by Grazele Jenarun, the 1.5 hour webinar started off with an introduction to MedHEU by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Julia Patrick Engkasan, head of MedHEU. Professor Dr. Rafidah Atan then explored elements of open disclosure during adverse events involving medical treatments. She demonstrated two case scenarios on how open disclosure conversations may take place. The conversation was further analyzed from a linguistic perspective where Dr. Ayeshah Syed and Dr. Charity Lee showed how language can play a critical role in communication. The session was made even more exciting with clinical practice scenarios role-played by both Professor Dr. Rafidah Atan and Professor Dr. Nor’azim Mohd Yunos. Overall, the event garnered good support from about 130 participants. The team would like to express gratitude to all participants who joined the webinar.
