Evaluating science communication

Fischhoff, Baruch

doi:10.1073/pnas.1805863115

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“…Risk communication is a very complex process, especially when health is at stake. It is necessary that students learn to understand scientific information, are aware of and manage complexity, determine the reliability of different sources of information (fake news), manage conflicts of interest, deliver information in a clear manner, explain scientific concepts, and combine these factors with the information received by patients [37]. This is one of the avenues for future research that will be pursued in the University of the Basque Country.…”

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Communicative and Social Skills among Medical Students in Spain: A Descriptive Analysis

Azúa

Ozamiz-Etxebarria

Ortiz-Jauregui

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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Effective risk communication in public health requires the development of social skills such as active listening and empathy. Communicative and social skills were evaluated in third-year medical students (n = 917) using the Active Listening Test and the Test of Cognitive and Affective Empathy. The results obtained revealed that our participants had equal or better-than-norm communication skills. Women scored higher in active listening whereas men scored higher on the General Empathy Scale. The students who preferred a clinical specialty obtained higher scores in active listening and empathetic abilities, as compared to students who chose a surgical specialty. In conclusion, the medical students who participated in the study exhibited good communicative and social skills. An association was observed between gender and specialty preference, and empathy and active listening skills.

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Communicative and Social Skills among Medical Students in Spain: A Descriptive Analysis

Azúa

Ozamiz-Etxebarria

Ortiz-Jauregui

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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“…The graduate students expressed that this experience solidified their interest in academia and also proposed that future events should target schools with fewer funds and resources to enhance the effectiveness of the YSW. For most graduate students, the use and design of the pre-post retrospective survey of the participants and the inclusion of a post-workshop focus group aligns with recent research resulting in guidelines for evaluating and improving the efficacy of science communication [26].…”

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Interactive youth science workshops benefit student participants and graduate student mentors

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Science communication and outreach are essential for training the next generation of scientists and raising public awareness for science. Providing effective science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) educational outreach to students in classrooms is challenging because of the need to form partnerships with teachers, the time commitment required for the presenting scientist, and the limited class time allotted for presentations. In our Present Your Ph.D. Thesis to a 12-Year Old outreach project, our novel solution to this problem is hosting a youth science workshop (YSW) on our university campus. The YSW is an interpersonal science communication and outreach experience in which graduate students from diverse scientific disciplines introduce middle and high school students to their cutting-edge research and mentor them to develop a white-board presentation to communicate the research to the workshop audience. Our assessment of the YSW indicated that participating young students expressed significantly more positive attitudes toward science and increased motivation to work in a STEM career after attending the workshop. Qualitative follow-up interviews with participating graduate students' show that even with minimal time commitment, an impactful science communication training experience can be achieved. The YSW is a low-cost, high-reward educational outreach event amenable to all disciplines of science. It enhances interest and support of basic science research while providing opportunities for graduate students to engage with the public, improve their science communication skills, and enhance public understanding of science. This YSW model can be easily implemented at other higher education institutions to globally enhance science outreach initiatives.

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“…(Bazilian et al, 2011) as well as integrated policy to guide the appropriation and use of the FEW resources and address the resulting externalities (Rasul and Sharma, 2016). Success in communicating about, and within, the FEW nexus requires a collaboration across disciplines, which is difficult in part because of the different norms and practices across disciplines, and between scientists and practitioners and other stakeholders (NAS, 2017;Fischhoff, 2018). We investigated how various stakeholders perceive and assess important characteristics of the FEW nexus as a case study, with particular attention to issues for science and data and policy and its integration.…”

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“…There are substantial tensions in developing effective analytical frameworks that transcend the disciplinary boundaries that are associated with FEWs (Leck et al, 2015), and decisions that are made are often characterized as scientific, objective, and free of values, even though they mask particular systems of belief, in addition to conveying that issues of sustainability are related to physical and technical considerations rather moral, ethical, or political issues (McCool and Stankey, 2004;Fischhoff, 2018). Conflict between stakeholder groups can emerge because of different experiences and knowledge that various stakeholders bring to policy discussions, and issues for communication in the FEW nexus arise in part as a result of the crosssectoral and transdisciplinary nature of the nexus-including potential differences in vocabulary, sets of skills, and expertise (Howarth and Monasterolo, 2016).…”

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Stakeholder Perspectives on Sustainability in the Food-Energy-Water Nexus

Bielicki

Beetstra

Kast

et al. 2019

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Interest in the various dimensions of environmental, economic, and social sustainability for food, energy, and water (FEW) systems, independently and collectively (i. e., the FEW nexus), has spawned an increasing amount of literature that seeks to understand the various linkages within the FEW nexus and provide guidance to inform decision-making to enhance sustainability. While the use of science and data can generate important and relevant information, it is not clear how important they are relative to relevant policy and the integration of policy within and across the individual FEW domains. In this work, we assessed perspectives on various considerations that pertain to sustainability in the FEW nexus. To do so, we identified numerous stakeholder groups who have interests throughout the FEW nexus, and conducted a survey of a subset of these groups. Although the responses differed across the stakeholder groups that we surveyed, the consistent result was that stakeholders generally understand that FEW systems are physically connected at high levels, and that policy is less integrated than desired. When forced to choose between priorities for science and data or for integrated policy to enhance sustainability, respondents from Academia and Extension preferred more science and data, whereas respondents who are, or more frequently interact with, practitioners and policy-makers preferred integrated policy. Overall, with other results and findings that are relevant for advancing sustainability and improving communication the FEW nexus, we conclude that the importance of science, data, and integrated policy depends on the context in which the stakeholders operate in the FEW domain.

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Evaluating science communication

Cited by 82 publications

References 46 publications

Communicative and Social Skills among Medical Students in Spain: A Descriptive Analysis

Communicative and Social Skills among Medical Students in Spain: A Descriptive Analysis

Interactive youth science workshops benefit student participants and graduate student mentors

Stakeholder Perspectives on Sustainability in the Food-Energy-Water Nexus

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