KEEP COMMUNICATION IN THE HEALTH FIELD MOVING INTERNATIONALLY

Recently, representatives from European and Turkish universities visited the Faculty of Health of the University of Miskolc, where they held a workshop with European partner institutions to discuss the details. The topic is well known in Finland, for example, but less well known in other countries: why is communication important and what are its aspects in physiotherapy?

’The project will create a course to take advantage of online educational resources in physiotherapy and provide long-term support for students and practitioners. It will hopefully provide the whole physiotherapy community with access to up-to-date information on movement analysis, which the profession has identified as a much needed resource. And that is to focus on communication with the patient or client, depending on where you practice. Culture-sensitive communication can sometimes be a therapeutic tool and we can certainly find and recommend some ways of managing the dialogue with patients,’ emphasised Anna-Stefanowicz-Kocol, Mov-E project manager from Tarnow University in Poland.

At a workshop at the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Miskolc, Dr Andrea Lukács, Director of the Institute, also highlighted the benefits of the online course and the returns from collaboration. After all, intercultural problems can arise when studying movement analysis, whether in the case of people from different religious or cultural backgrounds and with different customs.

’The question is always how we can address this. The course on movement analysis will consist of 15 videos, which students will be able to complete. But it will also benefit the trainers, because it's a whole new focus on the subject. Intercultural communication is not yet such a problem in Finland, but it is something that has been working in the Finnish health sector for a long time. They came up with a lot of ideas. Every culture has different problems that we will be able to present,’ said Dr Andrea Lukács.

Strengthening international relations is a priority for the Faculty of Health at the University of Miskolc. Dr. Emőke Kiss-Tóth, Dean of the Faculty, added that the workshop will also help to expand the Faculty's training portfolio.