M.A. Applied Linguistics, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom

B.A. Philosophy, University College London, United Kingdom

doctor-patient communication, empathy, history taking, simulated patients, medical English

Humanities & social sciences, Tertiary education, Medical English, Doctor-Patient Communication, Empathy

2017 - Present
Nihon University School of Medicine, Office of Medical English Education, Assistant professor

Sep. 2009 - Dec. 2016
Temple University Japan Campus, Bridge Program, Adjunct Professor

Sep. 2008 - Jul. 2009
Anglia Ruskin University, Masters Program, Applied Linguistics

Enhancing history-taking confidence and empathy through student-created simulated patients: a pilot study
Timothy P Williams
Journal of Medical English Education, Oct. 2025

Examining Second Language Writing Anxiety Among Japanese Medical Students
Richard O'Shea; Timothy P. Williams
The MindBrainEd Journal, Jul. 2025

Integrating AI-Powered Doctor-Patient Interactions for Skill Development in 2nd and 3rd Year Medical Students at Nihon University
Timothy P Williams
Bulletin of Liberal Arts & Sciences Nihon University School of Medicine, Dec. 2024

Use of AI-integrated text-to-speech in history-taking lessons: A pilot study
Timothy P Williams
Journal of Medical English Education, Oct. 2024

Enhancing Empathy in Medical Communication : Using AI-Integrated Doctor-Patient Dialogues for History-Taking Education
Timothy P Williams
Bulletin of Liberal Arts & Sciences Nihon University School of Medicine, Dec. 2023

Teaching Empathy in Medical English Education
Timothy P Williams
Bulletin of Liberal Arts & Sciences Nihon University School of Medicine, Dec. 2021

Terminology, register, and convergence in medical interviews
Timothy P Williams; EHJego
Journal of Medical English Education, Oct. 2018

Enhancing Empathetic Engagement, Confidence, and Psychosocial History-Taking Using Student-Created Simulated Patients: A Pilot Study
Timothy P Williams
The 28th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Medical English Education., May 2025, Not invited

Utilizing AI Text-to-Speech: Crafting Effective Doctor/Patient Dialogues for Enhanced History-Taking Practice
Timothy P. Williams
27th Japan Society of Medical English Education Academic Conference, Apr. 2024, Not invited

Enclothed cognition: the effect of a white coat on performance of communicative and analytical English-language tasks.
Timothy P Williams
22nd annual Japan Society for Medical English Education Academic Meeting, Apr. 2019, Not invited

Audience response systems for medical English education
E.H. Jego; T.P. Williams; A.S Patterson; R.M. O’Shea
22nd annual Japan Society for Medical English Education Academic Meeting, Aug. 2019, 日本医学英語教育学会学術集会, Not invited

How are “Audience Response Systems” used in medical education today and does it matter?
E.H. Jego; T.P. Williams; A.S Patterson
第 51回日本医学教育学会 (International Poster Session), 札幌, 2019.7.26, Jul. 2019, 日本医学教育学会, Not invited

Terminology, register, and convergence in medical interviews.
Timothy P Williams
21st annual Japan Society for Medical English Education Academic Meeting, Mar. 2018, Not invited

Usefulness of a history-taking communication skills assessment rubric: a comparative study between Nihon University and Thammasat University
E.H. Jego; T. Williams; T. Stoudt; Y. Nomura; K. Kawasaki; T. Yamamori; Y. Kuru; P. Tomtitchong
The 21st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for Medical English Education, Jul. 2018, Not invited

Patient-centeredness expressed by students and by doctors during history-taking: a comparative corpus study.
E.H. Jego; S. Bennett; T. Williams; J. Thomas; T. Yamamori
第 49回日本医学教育学会, Aug. 2017, Japanese Society of Medical Education, Not invited

Measuring patient-centeredness in medical history taking: a corpus study
E. H. Jego; T. P. Williams; S. Bennett; J. Thomas; T. Yamamori; Y. Kuru
20th annual Japan Society for Medical English Education Academic Meeting, Jul. 2017, Japan Society for Medical English Education, Not invited