Lorraine’s areas of interest are doctor-patient communication and clinical communication in medical education, using both quantitative and qualitative approaches.  

She has taught medical students, doctors and other health professionals about health professional-patient communication, including practical skills work; in addition to how to teach clinical communication to doctors and other tutors, and other related subjects, e.g. doctor-patient communication to health psychologists and perception of risk and risk communication to travel health professionals.

Lorraine has supervised Masters, PhD and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology students, as well as medical students conducting research projects.