Oct 5, 2026 · 42 min · 11 segments
“*It’s about empowering the kids to feel like they can step in and help in an emergency.” – Suchi Kalia* How can science communication enhance emergency responder training? This episode features two…
And, well, I guess my question, uh, would be, what is your relationship with SciComm, and how do you bring it into, uh, this world of St John's?
Uh, and essentially with that, um, I think, like the minor came in not too long ago, so it was really interesting 'cause I'd done my initial few like, um, you know, SciComm 1101 and 02-type things, uh, in the first year.
And then when they brought the minor in, I was like, "Ooh, that's something I wanna do." And so with that, uh, with the role with the Youth Academy, essentially I teach kids out there between the ages of 12 to 17, uh, things like first aid, you know, the history of St John.
Um, so essentially, you know, making them do the research, having, like, activities and stuff like that for them to engage with that so they understand, you know, how we have that pyramid for food and everything.
We get them to kind of put their perspective into it, so kind of like a mis- mix and match of like SciComm with like, you know, stuff that we're teaching them essentially.
And how has, uh, science communication training helped you or not with your current work? For instance, in the development of the curriculum, the content delivery, the audience analysis.
I reckon that might be a question for Sam because Sam's doing curriculum development.
So I'm writing the curriculum, and I basically rocked up to the job day one.
They're like, "Design a 10-week course for this topic, and off you go." [laughs]
So I relied really heavily on SciComm, and especially when it came to targeting an audience that's so diverse in attention spans and abilities and stress levels, uh, that the 12 to 17 has.
And, well, I guess my question, uh, would be, what is your relationship with SciComm, and how do you bring it into, uh, this world of St John's?
Uh, and essentially with that, um, I think, like the minor came in not too long ago, so it was really interesting 'cause I'd done my initial few like, um, you know, SciComm 1101 and 02-type things, uh, in the first year.
And then when they brought the minor in, I was like, "Ooh, that's something I wanna do." And so with that, uh, with the role with the Youth Academy, essentially I teach kids out there between the ages of 12 to 17, uh, things like first aid, you know, the history of St John.
Um, so essentially, you know, making them do the research, having, like, activities and stuff like that for them to engage with that so they understand, you know, how we have that pyramid for food and everything.
We get them to kind of put their perspective into it, so kind of like a mis- mix and match of like SciComm with like, you know, stuff that we're teaching them essentially.
And how has, uh, science communication training helped you or not with your current work? For instance, in the development of the curriculum, the content delivery, the audience analysis.
I reckon that might be a question for Sam because Sam's doing curriculum development.
So I'm writing the curriculum, and I basically rocked up to the job day one.
They're like, "Design a 10-week course for this topic, and off you go." [laughs]
So I relied really heavily on SciComm, and especially when it came to targeting an audience that's so diverse in attention spans and abilities and stress levels, uh, that the 12 to 17 has.
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