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Yvonne Finn

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PhD projects

Health Literacy: Identifying the prevalence of limited health literacy in patients with gestational diabetes and the association with health outcomes was the focus of my research in my MD (2017). I am interested in health literacy in patients with type 2 diabetes and other non-communicable diseases. Related areas of interest are the patient - healthcare professional interaction and the patients journey in the health care service.
Medical education: research in assessment e.g. examiner variability in high-stakes clinical examinations
Communication skills, including health literacy skills in simulation-based education.
VR scenario-based education: I am a member of a trans-European research team exploring the theory behind and developing VR scenario-based modules for undergraduate nursing curricula.
Clinical research areas: screening and risk factors for type 2 diabetes
community-based interventions in preventive cardiology.

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Biography

Dr Yvonne Finn medical graduate of School of Medicine, University of Galway, and holds an MD in Medicine (Galway), MSc (Health Sciences, Galway) and PG Dip in Diabetes (Leicester). Yvonnes teaching focusses on clinical and communication skills (undergraduate), and medical education, preventive cardiology and cultural awareness (postgraduate). Yvonne is a recipient of the Presidents Award for Teaching Excellence (2022). She has supervised student research projects at undergraduate (undergraduate medicine summer research) and postgraduate (MSc and PhD) levels. Previously roles held by Yvonne include VD for Internationalisation in the College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences and academic coordinator of the ERASMUS+ programme, School of Medicine. She currently chairs a special interest group of the European Association for Communication in Healthcare and sits on the educational advisory committee of the National Institute for Prevention and Cardiovascular Health.Yvonnes research interests are in communication skills, health literacy and new technologies, such as virtual reality (VR), for health professions education. She has published widely in peer-reviewed journals and has authored two books. She has been an invited speaker at more than 30 professional and educational conferences, both nationally and internationally. Yvonne has been awarded research funding from HRB, ERASMUS+, Wellcome Trust and University of Galway Millennium fund.

Research Interests

 As a lecturer in Clinical Medicine in the School of Medicine a key research area I am interested in is Medical Education. In particular Assessment in Medical Education is an area I have focused research efforts. I carried out research in Examiner Variance in Clinical Examination during my Masters in Clinical Education, CMNHS, NUIG and am currently preparing a manuscript for Public - No restrictionation on my findings in this research.In Clinical Practice I work in the field of diabetes and endocrinology and my research is in Diabetes and in particular in screening and risk factors for diabetes. I am writing a proposal currently on a screening project for persons at high risk of developing diabetes. Interventions and lifestyle factors which impact on risk of diabetes are a complementary research area of interest to me.

Teaching Interests

DiabetesCommunication SkillsEndocrinologyPreventive CardiologyAssessment in Medical Education

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 4 - Quality Education

Education/Academic qualification

MD, MB, MSc (Health Sc) MRCPI,

External positions

Lecturer in Clinical Skills and Clinical Methods , NUI Galway

1 Jul 2007 → …

Accepting PhD Students

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