Staff profile

Dr Megan Prictor

Managing Editor, Cochrane Consumers and Communication Review Group

Faculty of Health Sciences

School of Nursing and Midwifery Centre for Health Communication and Participation

Room 416, Level 4, Health Sciences 2, Science Drive, La Trobe University, Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

BMus (Hons), MMus, PhD UMelb, LLB (in prog) La Trobe.

Membership of professional Associations

Within the Cochrane Collaboration: Archie Development Advisory Group. Abstracts Committee, 2012 Cochrane Colloquium. Other: Law Institute of Victoria.

Brief Profile

Megan has been Managing Editor of the Cochrane Consumers and Communication Review Group since 2000, and is also a co-author of several Cochrane reviews.  She is an accredited copy editor (Wiley-Blackwell) for The Cochrane Library.

Recent Publications

Prictor M, Hill S. 'Does communication with consumers and carers need to improve?' in Hill S (Ed), The Knowledgeable Patient: Communication and Participation in Health (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011).

Prictor M, Lewin S, McKinstry B, Kaufman J. 'Learning to communicate' in Hill S (Ed), The Knowledgeable Patient: Communication and Participation in Health (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011).

Ranmal R, Prictor M, Scott JT. Interventions for improving communication with children and adolescents about their cancer. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD002969. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002969.pub2.

Ryan R, Prictor M, McLaughlin KJ, Hill S. Audio-visual presentation of information for informed consent for participation in clinical trials. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD003717. DOI: 0.1002/14651858.CD003717.pub2.