An opportunity for all nurses, midwives and health visitors to come together to share their research findings and experiences and its relevance for today’s practice.
Keynote speakers include: Professor Jenny Hunt and Professor Christine Norton.
Opportunities for poster presentations and workshops will be available.
To book your FREE place now please contact: Julia Watson (j.watson@herts.ac.uk) and/or 01707285813
12th October 2012, The Fielder Centre, Hatfield
PROGRAMME
08.30 – 09.00 Poster Preparation
09.00 – 09.30 Registration and coffee
09.30 – 09.40 Welcome and Introduction - Angela Thompson Director of Nursing & Patient Experience, ENHT and Chair – Philippa Davies Deputy Director of Nursing, ENHT
09.40 – 10.00 Nursing and Midwifery Research: today is yesterdays tomorrow – Professor Jenny Hunt – Honorary Professor, Anglia Ruskin University
10.00 – 10.55 The University Contribution
- The importance of meal times in hospital - Dr Angela Dickinson, Senior Research Fellow, University of Hertfordshire
- Researching patient experience: revealing invisible perspectives that inform and challenge practice - Dr Trisha Wilson Research Lead – Patient Experience & Public Involvement, University of Hertfordshire
- Translating wound care headlines into wound healing outcomes - Irene Anderson – Reader in Learning and Teaching in Healthcare Practice, University of Hertfordshire
Panel Q&A – 10 minutes
10.55 – 11.30 Coffee and poster review
11.30 – 12.20 Snapshots from Practice
- Using an ethnographic approach to explore midwives practices during the second stage of labour - Cathy Hamilton, Midwifery Programme Tutor, University of Hertfordshire
- The role of a Clinical Trials Nurse - Linda Fowler, Urology Research Sister, ENHT
- Medically Unexplained Symptoms - Hildah Jiah, Nurse Consultant in the Early Intervention in Psychosis team, HPFT
Panel Q&A – 10 minutes
12.20 – 13.30 Lunch and poster review
13.30 – 14.15 The reality of developing a clinical academic career in the NHS – Professor Christine Norton, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
14.15 – 15.15 Choice of 3 workshops
- Writing a research proposal,
- Is your idea a research question?
- Presenting your Findings as a Poster Presentation
15.15 – 15.30 Feedback from workshops
15.30 – 16.00 Research Development Opportunities and Close – Sally Kendall, Professor of Nursing, University of Hertfordshire
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee and Cake Networking opportunity