Joanne Spataro
Pisa University School of Medicine, Italy
Biography
Joanne Spataro is a Canadian EFL mother-tongue professor and teacher trainer at the University of Pisa, Italy. She started teaching Academic Writing Courses at Maryland University, USA. She is currently teaching Scientific English Courses for the resident doctors of the Medical Specialization Schools and also for the Nursing Students of the University of Pisa. Within the Medicine Department of Pisa University, her research is focused on implementing a patient-oriented communication both in the medical and nursing field by means of teaching English for Medical Purposes. This has brought her to work in several medical departments of Pisa University, integrating this type of research with the Canadian CanMeds Physician Competency Framework with particular reference to the Role of Physicians and Healthcare Professsionals as Communicators.
Abstract
Abstract : Teaching the CanMEDS Communicator Role through English for Nurses: an Italian pilot course