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Research Interests
Sarah Atkins is an applied linguist who conducts research in a range of professional settings, including healthcare, business and forensic contexts. She completed her PhD at the University of Nottingham and has subsequently held posts at King’s College London (Knowledge Transfer Partnership) and the University of Nottingham (Economic and Social Research Council ‘Future Research Leaders’), where she worked on projects researching the assessment of spoken communication for postgraduate doctors. She was then a member of Linguistic Profiling for Professionals, University of Nottingham, conducting linguistic consultancy projects with a range of external organisations. She has also worked for and remains a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Sustainable Working Life, Birkbeck, University of London, researching spoken interaction in Schwartz Center Rounds®, which are supportive forums for healthcare staff to dicuss the emotional and ethical complexties of their jobs.
Her work has a strong emphasis on applying findings in practical ways and she has developed a number of successful training interventions, including award-winning workshops and e-learning materials for healthcare professionals. She is interested in the intersection of research methods and approaches through which linguistics is applied to real-world problems across various settings and brings these experiences to bear at the Institute.
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Research Output
Learning to manage rapport in GP trainee encounters: A discursive politeness approach
Emerson, T., Harrington, L., Mullany, L., Atkins, S., Churchill, D., Winter, R. & Patel, R., 15 Aug 2020, Politeness in Professional Contexts. Archer, D., Grainger, K. & Jagodziński, P. (eds.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins, p. 25-54 30 p. (Politeness in Professional Contexts).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Pragmatics: Leadership and team communication in emergency medicine training.
Atkins, S. & Chalupnik, M., 2020, (Accepted/In press) Analysing Health Communication: Discourse Approaches. Brookes, G. & Hunt, D. (eds.). Palgrave MacmillanResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Team interaction in healthcare settings: Leadership, rapport-building and clinical outcomes in ad hoc medical teams.
Chalupnik, M. & Atkins, S., 15 Aug 2020, Politeness in Professional Contexts. Archer, D., Grainger, K. & Jagodziński, P. (eds.). John Benjamins, p. 55-83 29 p. (Politeness in Professional Contexts).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
“Everyone happy with what their role is?”: A pragmalinguistic evaluation of leadership practices in emergency medicine training
Chalupnik, M. & Atkins, S., 1 Apr 2020, In : Journal of Pragmatics. 160, p. 80-96 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Account sequences in emergency care discourse: Comparing conversations with simulated patients and manikins in training sessions
Tsuchiya, K., Coffey, F., Timmons, S., Atkins, S., Baxendale, B. & Adolphs, S., 20 May 2019, In : Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice. 12, 1, p. 72-93Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Prizes
Poster Prize, Royal College of General Practitioners, 2018 Annual Conference
Atkins, Sarah (Recipient), Oct 2018
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Knowledge Exchange and Impact Award
Atkins, Sarah (Recipient), May 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)