
Dr Shuangyu Li PhD, SFHEA
Reader in Clinical Communication and Cultural Competency
- Director of King’s Cultural Competency Unit
Biography
Shuangyu is a dedicated educationist in medicine and cultural competency and has played a significant role in driving forward cultural competency and diversity education at UK medical schools. He developed several substantial modules and subjects in the medical curriculum, the MA in Clinical Education, and in College-wide innovation cultural competency modules. He is working closely with academics, clinicians, patients, professional services staff, and students to develop inclusive and diversified curricula and culture to nourish innovation and improvement around diversity and inclusion.
Cultural Competency is one of the two core values in King’s Internationalisation 2029 Strategy. In his role as the director of the King’s Cultural Competency Unit and co-chair of King’s Cultural Competency Co-Creation Group, Shuangyu is committed to enabling a collaborative, co-creative and empowering approach to education and research across the University and beyond.
Shuangyu is a trained conversation analyst, who researches clinical consultations with language and cultural discordances, especially interpreter-mediated medical consultations. He is interested in the multimodal approach in the interactional analysis of diversity issues particularly around how inclusion and empowerment are manifested in communication. His current research focuses on student attainment (awarding) gaps and cultural competency conceptualisation. Dr Li is the lead author of a BEME systematic review (BEME Guide 79) on cultural competency in which the international team propose a new ACT Cultural Model for health care.
Internationally, he was the inaugural chair of the special interest group on Language and Cultural Discordance in Healthcare Communication under the International Association of Healthcare Communication (EACH). Nationally, he is the vice-chair of the UK Diversity in Medicine and Health.
He welcomes PhD applications from candidates who wish to study medical discourses, medical/community interpreting, clinical communication, cultural competence, and (in)equality in medical/higher education.
Dr Li is a Reader in Clinical Communication & Cultural Competence.
Research

King’s Health Programmes Attainment Gaps Research Group
Providing culturally appropriate care for all is core to health equality and patient-centred care.
Status not set
Cultural Competency Education Mapping
Research on the inclusion of cultural competency (CC) components in all undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at King's.
Project status: Completed

Cultural Competency in Healthcare BEME review
A systematic literature review on cultural competency in medicine and healthcare education.
Project status: Completed

Understanding and addressing the influence of colonialism on Obstetrics and Gynaecology specialty training in the UK
This project aims to understand how colonialism is manifested in educational guidelines that govern Obstetrics & Gynaecology (O&G) education for doctors.
Project status: Ongoing
News
King's team wins award to investigate equality in healthcare education
A team led by Dr Shuangyu Li, Centre for Education and Dr Heidi Lempp, School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences, has won the Autumn 2019 round of the King’s...

Events

Exploring the value of creative (higher) education
A one-day conference hosted by the Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries (CMCI), King’s College London.
Please note: this event has passed.

Discovering our Digital Futures and exploring our Global Cultures
King's is pleased to launch the new Digital Futures Institute and Global Cultures Institute.
Please note: this event has passed.
Research

King’s Health Programmes Attainment Gaps Research Group
Providing culturally appropriate care for all is core to health equality and patient-centred care.
Status not set
Cultural Competency Education Mapping
Research on the inclusion of cultural competency (CC) components in all undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at King's.
Project status: Completed

Cultural Competency in Healthcare BEME review
A systematic literature review on cultural competency in medicine and healthcare education.
Project status: Completed

Understanding and addressing the influence of colonialism on Obstetrics and Gynaecology specialty training in the UK
This project aims to understand how colonialism is manifested in educational guidelines that govern Obstetrics & Gynaecology (O&G) education for doctors.
Project status: Ongoing
News
King's team wins award to investigate equality in healthcare education
A team led by Dr Shuangyu Li, Centre for Education and Dr Heidi Lempp, School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences, has won the Autumn 2019 round of the King’s...

Events

Exploring the value of creative (higher) education
A one-day conference hosted by the Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries (CMCI), King’s College London.
Please note: this event has passed.

Discovering our Digital Futures and exploring our Global Cultures
King's is pleased to launch the new Digital Futures Institute and Global Cultures Institute.
Please note: this event has passed.