The UKCCC – Clinical Communication Teaching Blogs

Welcome to our clinical communication teaching blogs

Sharing innovative ideas, lesson plans, communication teaching experiences, strategies for helping students in difficulties and new discoveries to help fellow teachers.

Blogs from our 2025 conference – “Moving Towards Mastery – Learning from Miscommunication”

Explore highlights from our 2025 communication conference, featuring sessions that showcased innovation and best practices from within UK clinical communication teaching.


Given the current pressures faced by the NHS, how do we teach compassionate communication to healthcare students?


The UK Council for Clinical Communication (UKCCC) Conference 2025 was a reminder that inclusive communication teaching must go far beyond performance checklists.


A standout theme at the UKCCC 2025 clinical communication conference was the rise of AI and digital tools in the clinical communication undergraduate medical education curriculum.


Innovations like AI-simulated consultations can be considered game-changers for clinical communication in medical education. But what does this mean for equity, diversity and inclusivity?


Why does enhancing language diversity in medical education matter? A summary and reflections on the roundtable discussion from the UKCCC conference 2025.

Blogs about the UKCCC

Find out more about the history of the UKCCC, what it’s like to be a member and how we use communication scenarios in teaching sessions.

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Dr Sarah Collins, former Chair of the UKCCC, talks about the history of the UKCCC in this blog.

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Dr Caroline Sprake, former Chair of the UKCCC, talks about what it’s like to be a member of the UKCCC in this blog.

Would you like to write a blog for us?

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