Prof. Talma Kushnir

Prof. Talma Kushnir Profile

Associate Professor

Department : Public Health
Gerontology and the Study of Aging
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Education

  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Hull University, England Specialty: Health psychologist B.A. 1967 – 1970
  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Psychology and Education. M.Sc. 1971 – 1972
  • Hull University, UK, Department of Psychology. Advisor: M. McCormick, PhD Title of thesis: Industrial Rehabilitation Units: Effects of supervisors’ expectations. Ph.D. 1972 – 1975, Hull University, UK, Department of Psychology. Advisor: Prof. K. D. Duncan Title of thesis: Experimental studies in social facilitation

Research Interests

  • Occupational stress and burnout; medical education
  • physician-patient communication
  • health psychology

Research Topics

  • Objective outcomes of occupational stress and burnout‎
  • Psychosocial abilities of medical students‎‎
  • Nurses communication with informed patients in the Internet era. ‎
  • Psychosomatic obstetrics and gynecology‎
  • Psychological outcomes of loss and trauma‎

Publications and funding summary / representative publications and grants

  • Kushnir, J., Friedman, A., Ehrenfeld, M., Kushnir, T. (2012). Coping with ‎preoperative anxiety in cesarean section: Physiological, cognitive and ‎emotional effects of listening to favorite music. Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care, ‎‎39(2), 121-127.‎
  • Madjar, N., Bachner, G. Y., Kushnir, T. (2012). Can achievement goal theory ‎provide a useful motivational perspective for explaining psychosocial attributes ‎of medical students? BMC Medical Education 2012, 12:4 doi:10.1186/1472-‎‎6920-12-4.‎

Existing collaborations

  • Zvia Barnoy – Patient's self epistemic authority and compliance with medical ‎treatment in chronic diseases.‎
  • Yaacov Bachner, Nir Madjar – Psychosocial abilities and low frustration tolerance ‎among first-year medical students. ‎
  • Greenberg Dan, Yaacov Bachner, Jonathan Arbelle, Yizhak Abend – Treatment ‎costs associated with workload and burnout among primary care physicians. ‎

Suggested multi-disciplinary research project / research focus topics

  • Long-term consequences of natural pregnancy loss.‎
  • Physician's emotional state and behavior in the medical encounter.‎
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