Companies and People News for April 2021

Companies and People News Archive

Edinburgh Innovations’ Andrea Taylor named Knowledge Exchange Hero Edinburgh Innovations’ Andrea Taylor named Knowledge Exchange Hero

A woman who has transformed commercialisation of medical research at the University of Edinburgh has been named Knowledge Exchange Hero 2021 in the Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards.

Studying Shakespeare could help medical students connect with patients Studying Shakespeare could help medical students connect with patients

A palliative care doctor has suggested that studying Shakespeare’s plays could help medical students connect more closely with their patients. Writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Dr David Jeffrey, of the Department of Palliative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, investigates how the playwright’s empathic approach - the ability to understand and share the feelings of another - can enhance the patient-doctor relationship.