Activities in 2008

Result of WS 2007

Nine participants submitted the assignment and 9 passed. 
Two have not submitted yet.
 

New Taskforces

Two have joined.
Manako Hanya (finished RIAS cording training at Hopkins in 2007)
Akihiro Yamaoka (Japanese RIAS coder and a technical supporter)
 

RIAS Taskforce Meetings

RIAS taskforce meetings were held three times to prepare the international RIAS meeting, the third WS, developing a new assignment and RIAS web site.
 June 8th in Nagoya (Noro I, Ishikawa H, Yamaoka A, Hanya M and Abe K)
 July 25th in Tokyo  (Noro I, Yamaoka A, Hanya M and Abe K)
 August 7th-8th in Nagoya (Noro I, Ishikawa H, Hanya M and Abe K)
 

RIAS Web Site

RIAS Web site was set up.
It can be accessed at http://rias.jpn.org/index.html
 

3rd RIAS WS & International RIAS Meeting

The third RIAS workshop and the International RIAS meeting have announced as below;
 
The third RIAS workshop  
Date: October 31th (Fri) – November 2nd (Sun) 2008
Venue: Nagoya University School of Medicine  Map 
Invited taskforces: Debra Roter and Susan Larson
Task forces: Keiko Abe, Ikuko Noro, Manako Hanya, Akihiro Yamaoka, Kazuhiko Fujisaki
Participants: up to 12 Participants     
Workshop Fee: ￥20000
 
The International RIAS meeting
Date: November 2nd (Sun) 2008
Time: 1:00pm – 3:30pm
Venue: Nagoya University School of Medicine
 
<Program>
Theme
“Outcomes and Application in Medical Communication Studies”
-Approach from Roter Interaction Analysis System (RIAS)-
1, Opening remarks
2, Trend of Medical Communication Studies 
    Kazuhiko Fujisaki, MD (Gifu University, Medical Education Development Center)
3, Optimizing Communication in Medical Visits: RIAS insights into Quality of Care
    Debra Roter, DrPH (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)
4, RIAS cording up to Date
    Susan Larson, MS (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)
5, Discussion
6, Closing remarks