School of Health Sciences Newsletter Spring 2014

Health Sciences @Nottingham

Health eMagazine

Student nurse wins national NHS award Success for Natasha McVey at the NHS Leadership Recognition Awards 2014.

Increasing student involvement in a trust Student task group helps students engage with wider trust initiatives.

School success in Staff Oscars Staff are well-represented among this year’s Students’ Union Staff Oscars.

Note from the Editorial Board

School of Health Sciences launch event: a celebration

P2 Note from the Editorial Board

School of Health Sciences launch event: a celebration

P3 Student nurse wins NHS Emerging Leader Award

P4 School developing resources based on NICE guidelines

Increasing student involvement in a trust

P5 Global reach

Student success in fundraising for charity in Ghana

Supporting nursing and midwifery development in India

P6 Midwifery matters

NIHR/CNO Clinical Academic Training Studentship

New BSc Sport Rehabilitation and Exercise Science

P7 Development of Reusable Learning Objects

When Physiotherapy met Pharmacy

P8 Practice Support Team profile

Student profile: Deborah Oliveria

Staff profile: Jo Lymn

P9 School alumni corner

Student Nursing Times Awards

Student nurse commended by Cavell Nurses’ Trust

P10 School donates laptops to research project in Havana

School receives national recognition for supporting staff wellbeing

P11 NHS Change Day pledges

Students present work nationally

What’s on

P12 Quick news

To celebrate the new School of Health Sciences, we are holding an event at Queen’s Medical Centre on Wednesday 11 June 2014.

Previously known as the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Physiotherapy, the School of Health Sciences was established on 1 August 2013.

There will be a networking lunch, we will hear from Karen Middleton CBE, Chief Executive of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (and recently Chief Health Professions Officer at NHS England), and the Head of School, Professor Patrick Callaghan, who will talk through the School’s past, its present, and vision for the future. There will also be an exhibition showcasing current teaching and research, and some of the School’s alumni will talk about their experiences while they were students here. The day will conclude with afternoon tea.

‘Save the date’ emails and formal invitations will be sent out shortly.

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Welcome

Event

Welcome to the first edition of Health eMagazine!

Health eMagazine is for staff, prospective and current students, School alumni and our external partners. It includes news stories, articles on a range of topics, and student, graduate and staff profiles. It will celebrate our successes and achievements and provide information about new initiatives, both in the University and in our partner organisations.

In this edition you can read about some outstanding student achievements, including Natasha McVey’s award for ‘NHS Emerging Leader 2014’ and fundraising for charity in Ghana. We profile the Practice Support Team, a PhD student and the School’s Director of Learning and Teaching. And there is much, much more, so please read on.

Do get in touch with any news or stories you wish to share and be considered for publication. Please also get in touch with any comments you would like to make about the magazine by emailing hs-health-emagazine@nottingham.ac.uk

Thank you for reading! Editorial Board: Virinder Lail, Kay Akhter, Jocelyn Daniels, Catrin Evans, Jonathan Lamley, Kirsty Hyndes

Health eMagazine Editorial Board.

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Student nurse, Natasha McVey, has been awarded the Emerging Leader of the Year at the 2014 National NHS Leadership Recognition Awards, being chosen from nine others in her category.

Natasha was nominated for the award by fellow University of Nottingham nursing student, Victoria Lonsdale. Nominations were open to anyone who works in the NHS who met the criteria for each award category. Natasha was awarded Emerging Leader in the regional event in December and then went on to win at the national event where she was the only student nurse in the national shortlist.

The awards ceremony was a black tie event hosted at the Queen Elizabeth II conference centre in London, with a dinner, followed by the awards ceremony. All of the winners from each of the regional award ceremonies were present, as well as the judges for each category, representatives from different organisations, and Jane Cummings — the Chief Nursing Officer for England.

As a result of her award in the national event, Natasha will now attend another dinner event in April alongside the other winners. She will also receive coaching and mentoring through the NHS Leadership Academy. Outside of the awards it has raised the profile of students and has helped push the work of UoN ACTION within the University. UoN ACTION (University of Nottingham ‘Acting on Concerns To Inspire Our Nurses’) is a student nurse-led project set up to help students raise practice issues and inspire nursing pride.

Find out more and view Natasha’s winners video: www.tiny.cc/nhs-leadership

Student nurse wins NHS Emerging Leader Award

Achievement

Natasha McVey receiving her award from Yvonne Coghill, Senior Programme Lead for Inclusion, at the National NHS Leadership Recognition Awards dinner.

Watch Natasha’s winners video

“As a student nurse it is a great honour and achievement to have been recognised in the national awards. Achieving this award highlights that, as students, we are the future leaders of our profession and we are in an incredibly powerful position to implement change and improve practice.”

Developing a student task group helped generate enthusiasm and provided valuable feedback and insight into how student experience could be improved.

The importance of student feedback in influencing practice Effective partnership between universities and placement providers is an essential part of high-quality pre-registration nurse education.

To do this, the Trust has developed a project to engage students in developing and delivering a Trust welcome day, led by the director of nursing, for all new first year student nurses. A student task group was also established to give students a greater opportunity to provide feedback. The task group identifies issues for improvement from a student’s perspective and potential solutions, raising the profile and importance of learning in the practice setting.

How a student task group was established Students identified areas where they felt learning could be improved within their placements. Ideas included:

• Promoting a positive and professional image of student nurses and nursing, working in partnership with the Trust nursing team on professional nursing objectives

• Improving consistency in quality and content of orientation packs in placements areas

• Giving mentors further clarification on the clinical skills students can undertake in different areas

The student task group included the following student nurses from The University of Nottingham: Helen Conway, Nicola Fisher, Natasha McVey, Emily Gartshore, Vicky Lonsdale, Charlotte Merriman, Ed Randall, Catherine Spratt and Vicky Worricker.

Evaluation The student task group has helped students to engage with wider Trust initiatives and created a student-led channel of communication between the Trust and the University.

There have been significant benefits for students:

• Students participating in the group reported having developed leadership skills

• Opportunities for students to be involved in aspects of the nursing profession and nursing leadership in practice

• Students involved in the task group are ambassadors for nursing; their enthusiasm and commitment to innovation and the delivery of excellence in patient care is inspiring

• The group created opportunities for experienced nursing staff and students to work together to improve the quality of practice learning and promote a positive image of nursing

• It provides another forum for increasing the student “voice” and involvement in the Trust

• Due to the success of the pilot, the task group has been established as a formal nursing group in the Trust

There are also significant benefits for the Trust. For the full article visit: www.nottingham.ac.uk/go/nurse-involvement

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Innovation

A School group is leading the way in developing resources based on the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommendations for Domestic Violence and Abuse.

Within the School, the Safeguarding group is currently working with specialist practice colleagues and key organisations in the development of educational and training resources, research, and practice development in this field.

It is now widely acknowledged that domestic violence or abuse is a complex phenomenon, impacting significantly on the lives and health of all of those affected. Responses to domestic violence and abuse cross over a range of organisational and service boundaries and it has been recognised that, historically, agencies and organisations have not always worked effectively, or in partnership, to support survivors of abuse. It is also clear that professionals have not always been adequately prepared to respond effectively and sensitively to disclosure.

As such, it is anticipated that the NICE guidance will have a significant impact on the ways in which domestic violence and abuse is managed across services and organisations. Moreover, it is also acknowledged that education and training will be pivotal to promoting effective professional responses to abuse.

NICE guidance: www.tiny.cc/nice-guidance

Family Violence and Mental Health Integrated Research Group (Part of the Social Futures in Mental Health Centre of Excellence, IMH, Nottingham): www.tiny.cc/imh

For further information email julie.mcgarry@nottingham.ac.uk (Chair of Family Violence Integrated Research Group)

School developing resources based on NICE guidelines

Practice

The NICE guidance for domestic violence and abuse — how health services, social care and the organisations they work with can respond effectively — was launched on 26 February 2014.

A key part of the School’s new strategy relates to ‘Global Reach’. Our activities in this area are guided by a highly comprehensive International Strategy.

The overall goal of the International Strategy is to support the School to achieve the following:

• Be known for our commitment to tackling healthcare inequalities and our contribution to the development of healthcare professions across the world.

• Provide a transformative educational experience for all of our students, which enables them to develop the attributes of the ‘Nottingham Graduate’. With respect to healthcare, this includes equipping our students with the knowledge and skills to understand, and work effectively in, a globalised healthcare arena and to be future leaders in tackling the world’s most pressing healthcare issues.

• Be a destination of choice for undergraduate and postgraduate students (UK and international) who are seeking an international, globally relevant and culturally inclusive educational experience.

• Attract, and work in collaboration with, the most talented research students and research partners from across the world.• Provide our staff with opportunities for scholarly development through international mobility and international networking.

The School is proud to be part of a global University and supports a range of exciting activities that promote its global reach.

Global reach

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International

The School is developing links with Dream Big Ghana — a charity working with two village communities in the Volta region of Ghana.

Seven nursing students went to Dream Big Ghana (DBG) for their elective placements last year and a further 16 students will be going out in 2014. Through DBG, we are hoping to develop a formal link between the local district hospital in Keta and the Emergency Department of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

DBG is supported by a recently established UK charity, Dream Big Ghana Foundation (DBGF). DBGF was launched through a fundraising ‘Afrobeats and Reggae Night’ on 12 February 2014, organised by Dr Linda East, Lecturer in the School of Health Sciences and DBGF Trustee, and student supporters. Over £430 was raised through ticket and merchandise sales and a raffle.

The money will contribute to building a compost toilet as part of DBG NGO’s eco-sanitation project, as the villagers generally have no toilet facilities and must use the bush or the beach.

Students also participated, with Victoria Lonsdale being the student lead for the No Flush project. The students found this to be a valuable experience, as Victoria explains:

“I had the opportunity to take six engineering and nursing students to visit Dream Big Ghana last summer, as part of the No Flush project. We conducted an evaluation of the compost toilet project and collected the thoughts and opinions of local stakeholders. We were so pleased to see the positive impact these toilets are having on the communities, and the public health improvements possible when people have access to improved sanitation. The multidisciplinary aspect of the team was fantastic - sharing expertise on building techniques, global health and sanitation. I’m so proud of what the team has achieved and we are hoping to publish our full report soon.”

For more information visit: www.dreambigghana.org.uk

The School has been supporting nursing developments in India since 2008, starting in Andhra Pradesh and latterly in Orissa.

Elaine Cook, Head of Division of Nursing, has been involved since the beginning, but for Kim Russell, Head of Division of Midwifery, this was her first visit.

The focus of the work in Orissa is to develop a framework for introducing and implementing a continuing professional education system linked to service delivery needs that addresses skill gaps and is linked to promotion of nursing staff. We are also providing support on a long-term vision and implementation framework for the newly developed state-wide Directorate of Nursing.

There is major concern in India regarding the lack of nurses to serve the population and this has led to a massive increase in the number of Schools and Colleges of Nursing providing education — approximately 170 in Odisha alone. This has led to concerns with regard to the quality of the education provision and therefore the skills and competence of the newly registered nurses. In order to have some degree of assurance regarding the employment of these nurses, the government want to carry out

competency assessments prior to offering employment.

The aim of the visit this time was to facilitate a workshop of senior clinical nurses and educators to identify the key competencies that they wanted to assess and to help them to develop assessment tools to assist with this process.

This was a very challenging undertaking due to some language difficulties and the pedagogical approach, as these nurses were only familiar with didactic methods of teaching and learning. However, it was delightful to see the nurses’ enthusiasm, involvement and desire to learn and to be reassured as to the competence of the newly appointed nurses in the delivery of patient care.

The workshop was a success and is the start of future collaborations related to continuing professional education, which will play a key role in improving the quality of care delivered by nurses. This has the potential to increase confidence in the nursing profession by both patients and other health professionals and also to improve the status of nursing in Odisha. Both Elaine and Kim feel that it was a real privilege to work with these nurses.

Student success in fundraising for charity in Ghana

Supporting nursing and midwifery development in India

Catrin Evans, Lecturer/Director of Internationalisation.

Ghana India

I wanted to share a recent experience of an international student’s learning that demonstrates the Division’s commitment to reflective practice, student-centred and practice based learning.

We currently have a number of midwives from Ghana and Palestine undertaking the Empowering Midwifery Practice module as part of the MSc Midwifery.

As part of their studies we have explored concepts of normality and medicalization of childbearing and discussed the use of water for labour and birth. None of our international students had seen women labour or give birth in water. To enhance students’ learning and understanding of UK midwifery practice we organised clinical placement visits with the Nottingham NHS Trust. Prior to starting their placement, students are asked to reflect and set learning objectives. A student from Ghana (let’s call her April) was particularly interested in witnessing a waterbirth and so made this a key learning objective.

NIHR/CNO Clinical Academic Training Studentship

Kim Russell, Head of Midwifery Education in the School of Health Sciences writes:

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) Clinical Academic Training Studentship at The University of Nottingham will commence on Monday 22 September 2014.

This studentship opportunity will allow you to undertake a fully-funded Masters degree in Research Methods. It will cover full tuition fees, employee salaries, employer’s back-fill salaries, and additional funding may be available for accommodation.

This is an exceptional opportunity to develop research skills, build a clinical academic career and generate evidence that makes a real difference to clinical practice.

Please visit the School website for more details and to find out about the assessment criteria, information for employers and managers, and guidance notes for applicants.

The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Monday 12 May 2014. Interviews will be held on 10 and 11 June 2014 at the School of Health Sciences, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham.

If you have any further questions please don’t hesitate to email lisa.burr@nottingham.ac.uk

For more information and other scholarships visit: www.nottingham.ac.uk/go/healthsci-scholarships

“I am sure we would all agree that transformative learning experiences are what we all aspire to.” Kim Russell Head of Midwifery Education, School of Health Sciences

Midwifery

Courses and studentships

A week later I was just leaving the labour ward when a very excited April appeared in front of me telling me that she had just witnessed a waterbirth. The joy on her face and her excited explanation of the birth reminded me of the joy of learning that sometimes as lecturers we forget. For April, the experience enhanced her understanding of normal birth physiology, but also exposed her to the ways in which midwives can facilitate normal childbirth and empower women. Providing an optional clinical placement alongside her studies transformed her understanding of UK midwifery hospital practice and made her consider how she could apply this experience to her own practice. I am sure we would all agree that transformative learning experiences are what we all aspire to.

For further information on our undergraduate midwifery courses visit: www.nottingham.ac.uk/healthsciences/midwifery

For further information on our postgraduate midwifery courses visit: www.nottingham.ac.uk/healthsciences/pg-courses

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New BSc Sport Rehabilitation and Exercise ScienceFrom September 2014 we are pleased, and excited, to offer a new undergraduate course, aimed at students who aspire to work in sport rehabilitation and exercise science.

Sport Rehabilitators are practitioners trained in sport and exercise medicine who work alongside other sport and healthcare professionals. This course aims to educate the future sport rehabilitator with the knowledge, skills and flexibility to work independently in a range of sporting, health, rehabilitation and exercise environments.

Core modules in year one are studied alongside the BSc Physiotherapy students. In years two and three, sport and exercise specific modules are undertaken,

with knowledge and skills developed during 700 hours of clinical placement. Optional modules and a three week elective placement take place in year three.

For more information see: www.nottingham.ac.uk/go/sport-rehab

Kim Russell, Head of Midwifery Education.

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The School of Health Sciences has developed an international reputation for the development, use, and evaluation of online learning packages called Reusable Learning Objects (RLOs). These are multimedia learning resources that are highly focused on a specific learning need. They are typically 15 minutes in length and are available on a range of technological platforms. Crucially, they engage the learner in an interactive learning experience, allowing them to test their own learning. The resources are highly rated by learners with over 95% reporting that they are easy to use and that they have enhanced their learning.

Whilst the majority of the resources are aimed at students within the School, others have been targeted specifically at practitioners; for example, resources on innovation and improvement culture. Others are aimed at healthcare users; for example, resources developed to help hearing aid users. However, whoever the initial target audience is, we generally make our resources openly and freely available for anyone to access and use.

Development of Reusable Learning Objects

“The resources are highly rated by learners with over 95% reporting that they are easy to use and have enhanced their learning.”

Currently we offer approximately 200 resources in this way and evaluations have shown that they are being used in approximately 50 countries worldwide.

Why not try some out and provide us with your feedback? Take a look at our resources at: www.nottingham.ac.uk/helm/resources

Another important aspect of the RLO format used is that it enables a wide range of stakeholder groups to become involved in the development process with us, and thus, to share their often unique perspectives. We have worked with lecturers, practitioners, students, patients, support groups and charities — all of whom have been able to use this medium to communicate their knowledge and experience. We are always keen to develop and nurture partnerships with any groups who feel they have expertise to share. If you would be interested to explore the possibility of working with us, please contact richard.windle@nottingham.ac.uk

News

A unique interprofessional learning (IPL) teaching session with physiotherapy and pharmacy students took place on 12 March 2014.The innovative IPL session was created by some like-minded staff from the School of Pharmacy and the Division of Physiotherapy. These two professional groups often have patients in common, but perhaps don’t meet on a normal day at work.

Development of collaboration and teamwork was the only way that each group could achieve the objective of the day, which was to design and create a poster which outlined the management of a case study. IPL is all about professionals learning with, from, and about each other and this certainly happened during the session.

Pharmacy students outnumbered physiotherapy students on the day, but the physiotherapy students definitely managed to get their voices heard! Students were allocated to small groups and given a case study and resources to create their posters together.

Every poster demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the issues related to their case, but they also demonstrated some amazing creative abilities! They were judged by a team of senior staff and after a lot of discussion prizes were awarded.

One of the posters the pharmacy and physiotherapy students created together.

When Physiotherapy met Pharmacy

The feedback and activity on Twitter through the hashtag #physiopharmIPL was testament to the engagement of everyone who was involved and some new friends were made.

The Schools of Pharmacy and Health Sciences have each pledged £200 towards a social event, so the Schools will definitely be meeting again in the future, as well as running the IPL event next year.

Teaching and learning

1. What is the role of a Practice Support Teacher (PST)? The Practice Support Team is: Rachel Bacon, Heidi Baker, Sally Binley, Devi Nannen, Rebecca Reeves and Charlotte Robson.

We work with the Deputy Leads for Practice Learning — Paula Hallam and Dawn Ritchie, and the Director of Healthcare Education in Practice — Vivian Penney. As teachers in the School, the main focus of our role is to support mentors and students during their practice placements.

Our role is very varied, from delivering clinical skills teaching, mentor updates and teaching on the mentor preparation course, to facilitating student forums. We also offer guidance to students and mentors who may require some extra support during their placement.

Our students spend 50% of their programme in the practice setting; hence mentorship is inevitably an integral part of a student’s experience. We have a strong relationship with our practice colleagues and work in collaboration to ensure the quality of our students’ placement experiences and learning.

Students really value our input and consistently give us enthusiastic and positive feedback! You can contact us at practicesupportteachers@nottingham.ac.uk

2. How long have PST roles been in place? The PST role is now well established in the School. Charlotte Robson and Rachel Bacon were the first PSTs in 2007. Rebecca, Heidi and Sally are the newest members of the team.

3. Best thing about being part of a team? Working in such a supportive team and seeing the progress our students make through the course and having strong links with practice.

4. What is the team’s biggest challenge? Supporting mentors and students in practice to enhance the quality of the student practice learning experience…It’s a big challenge, with a massive reward!

5. What would the team most like to achieve? The team are all very aspirational and are keen to promote the work we do as Registered Nurses and academics. We are developing a publication strategy and are looking forward to working with Jan Royal on a research project evaluating credits for practice. Some members of the team are also in the process of applying for further study and are registering for Doctorates.

6. What is the best piece of advice you have ever given to a student in practice? We always tell our students that first impressions count. Always be enthusiastic and willing to learn.

7. Three words to describe the team? Supportive, dynamic and innovative.

8. The ideal holiday destination for the team? Anywhere hot and exotic!

9. Three things the team would take to a desert island? Suntan lotion, insect repellent and a good book.

10. The team’s claim to fame? Rebecca was accepted as a contestant on Channel 4’s Countdown!

Profiles

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Practice Support Team profile

1. What are you studying? I am studying for a PhD in Health Sciences, about quality of life of older carers of patients with dementia.

2. How long have you been studying here? I have been studying here since September 2013.

3. Best thing about your course? The best thing about this course is the supportive environment: personal desk for work, infrastructure, libraries, and courses.

4. Most challenging thing about your course? The most challenging thing in this course is trying to adapt

to my new life in a different country and culture, deadlines and work.

5. Your future ambitions? I intend to finish my PhD and to apply for post-doctoral training in order to improve my research skills.

6. What is the best piece of advice you have ever been given? What you are looking for is just inside your heart.

7. Your favourite film? Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain.

8. Three words to describe you? Smiling, sensible, persistent.

9. Your ideal holiday destination? Somewhere with good food, good music and in good company.

Student profile: Deborah Oliveria 1. Job title and

role? Associate Professor. Director of Learning and Teaching and Director of Postgraduate Research.

2. How long have you been with the University? Since December 2003.

3. Best thing about working for the University? I love the variety of experiences that working for the University provides — and I really enjoy working with the students. Being able to influence the development of students is a very powerful and humbling experience.

4. Worst thing about working for the University? I am somewhat impatient and sometimes struggle with the speed of change within the University. I prefer things to happen quickly.

5. Your unfulfilled ambitions? I used to do a lot of research into pre-term labour and would have loved to have developed a drug which could be used to halt pre-term labour without the side effects of the few drugs currently available.

6. What is the best piece of advice you have ever been given? My parents brought me up with the philosophy ‘Always do your very best and be true to yourself’ and I have tried to live by it.

7. What is your favourite film? Not sure I can answer that. I go to the pictures very regularly so have seen lots of films. The film that has had the most impact on me recently was ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ which was brilliant and awful in equal measures, and made me a little sad that the pharmaceutical industry behaved rather badly.

8. Three words to describe you? I think that depends on who you ask! Words that people have used include conscientious, impatient, approachable, argumentative, caring, bossy, impatient, robust, helpful. Like most of us I am a mass of contradictions!

9. Your ideal holiday destination? My sister has a villa in Spain, up in the hills. It is a beautiful part of the world and is a really quiet and relaxing environment. I always come back feeling refreshed.

10. Your claim to fame? I was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy last year — I think that is as close to fame as I will ever get.

Staff profile: Jo Lymn

What do alumni mean to the School of Health Sciences?

Ambassadors for the School We recognise that our former students are our greatest ambassadors. Alumni Helen Cottle-Allen and Sandra Lawton have both received University of Nottingham Alumni Laureate Recent Graduate awards. Alumna Dame Elizabeth Fradd has recently been appointed as Vice Chair of University Council.

We know that there are many more examples of outstanding achievements. Far and wide our alumni are doing us proud.

Lifelong Relationships We aim to build enduring lifelong relationships with our alumni that do not end when they leave the University.

We want to continue to have a hand in their personal development and career advancement through alumni social events, careers events and master classes.

University Pride We depend on our alumni to build University pride and to promote the unrivalled, rounded education students experience at Nottingham. Alumni help us spread the word about the achievements of the School and University and the fantastic time they have studying with us.

International Impact Our alumni are everywhere! Our former students are improving the lives of communities in all corners of the globe. Many return home to have a tremendous impact on their health systems as practitioners, teachers and policy-makers. Others leave home to work in far-flung parts of the world doing everything from learning about innovative health practices to charity and humanitarian aid work.

If you would like us to feature your local or international work in a future edition of this magazine please email hs-health-emagazine@nottingham.ac.uk

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News

School alumni corner

Student nurse commended by Cavell Nurses’ Trust

School of Health Sciences student, Emily Gartshore, was honoured for achievements as an outstanding student nurse by the Cavell Nurses’ Trust at a London ceremony on 19 March 2014.

Achievement

From over 300 applicants, Emily was one of just seven students shortlisted for her category. In recognition of her exceptional application and interview, the final year student nurse will be awarded with a Certificate of Commendation for Outstanding Student Nursing by HRH Princess Royal. Emily will be recognised for her performance on her Master of Nursing Science (MNursSci) programme and her exemplary contributions to supporting student nursing.

Emily has demonstrated compassion and empathy in all she does. This is reflected throughout her practice placements, support for peers as a ‘peer mentor’, and as Chair of the MNursSci Learning Community Forum. She was a founding member of the Nottingham University Hospitals student task group — encouraging student engagement in practice and partnership working between student nurses and the Trust’s nursing development team. Emily is also one of 15 students in the first cohort of the National Junior Leadership Academy, a Care Maker, and is also leading this year’s staff-student conference for nurses across Nottingham.

“I have always been passionate about nursing and strive for excellence in all of my practices. Through my extracurricular activities I have contributed to improving the experience of student nurses and worked to enthuse others in their practices. I love supporting others and hope that by representing the student voice nationally, I can influence improvements in the nursing profession to enhance patient care.”

Emily Gartshore Master of Nursing Science student

The Student Nursing Times Awards 2014 shortlist has been announced and we have people from the School and practice shortlisted in five of the categories:

• Outstanding Contribution to Practice Placement The Red Lid Team, University of Nottingham Watch a video about The Red Lid Team at: www.nottingham.ac.uk/healthsciences/videos

• Student Nurse of the Year: Adult Emily Gartshore, University of Nottingham

• Student Nurse of the Year: Children Amelia Painter, University of Nottingham

• Student Partnership of the Year Nottingham University Hospitals Trust

• Teaching Innovation of the Year National Junior Leadership Academy, University of Nottingham and University of Wolverhampton Find out more about the National Junior Leadership Academy at: http://tiny.cc/njla

Congratulations to the nominees and good luck for the awards on 1 May!

For further information about the awards visit: www.studentnursingtimesawards.co.uk

Student Nursing Times Awards

School receives national recognition for supporting staff wellbeingThe School of Health Sciences has set up a dedicated Work, Health and Wellbeing Programme and Committee to support the welfare of its 272 staff based at sites across Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. This pioneering programme is the first of its kind at the University and is led by Dr Holly Blake, who has recently received a Vice-Chancellor’s Achievement Award for her commitment to promoting and supporting health and wellbeing for University and NHS staff.

The programme, which is supported by a cross-school committee, has been running for over a year. Work has involved the following: • Setting up a dedicated health and wellbeing website with resources

and signposting to local services• Data collection through staff health needs surveys• Delivery of a range of initiatives to support physical health of staff

including:• Physical activity challenges (eg. pedometer, stair-climbing)• Weight loss challenges (eg. ‘the biggest loser’, ‘waist-watchers’)• Structured exercise classes (tai chi, yoga, circuit training)• Sporting events• General health checks (wall-squat test, body mass index, resting

heart rate, blood pressure, waist-to-hip ratio) • Smoking cessation advice

The programme includes:• Social activities and community events• Development of supportive materials for staff• A range of initiatives to support staff in managing stress and coping

with change at work, for example:• Bespoke training on positive thinking in the workplace• Emotional resilience and coping with change• Toolkits for identifying and managing stress within teams• Individual and group coaching sessions• Relaxation sessions such as mindfulness meditation, progressive

relaxation, and therapeutic massage

For more information please email holly.blake@nottingham.ac.uk

This article was published in Healthy Universities Issue 6, January 2014: http://tiny.cc/healthy-unis

Visit the website at: www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/work-health-wellbeing

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News

Recognition

School donates laptops to research project in HavanaThe School of Health Sciences recently donated 35 old out-of-warranty laptops towards a research collaboration between The University of Nottingham and the Institute of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology in Havana. The collaboration was established in 2010 for research into epidemiology and asthma in children.

Dr Andrew Fogarty, from the School of Medicine at The University of Nottingham, said that “the laptops will make a big difference to the Institute’s ability to teach and deliver public health in Havana”. It wasn’t ‘plain sailing’ for the laptops though, as Dr Fogarty explains:

“Transporting goods to Cuba is challenging. Firstly, as a consequence of the US economic embargo, which makes shipping expensive. Secondly, all donations to the Cuban health authorities require registration prior to shipping to permit entry to the country. Hence, we received the laptops from the School in December 2012

and they were soon cleaned of all data. They then needed registering with the Cuban authorities and we did this by sending all the serial numbers over in April 2013.

“Finally, we received permission to ship them in October 2013. However, on arrival, they were impounded by the Cuban authorities for reasons that were unclear. Finally, in January 2014 they were released. They are now being installed for public health work and teaching. They are very good pieces of kit for this setting and I anticipate that they will now be used until they break. Many thanks for such a kind donation from my Cuban colleagues.”

Images used with permission from the Institute of Hygiene Epidemiology and Microbiology of Havana.

Users with the donated laptops.

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Student nurses have held a successful pledging event for NHS Change Day 2014 — one of the largest social movements of its kind anywhere in the world.

NHS Change Day — which took place this year on 3 March – is a frontline ‘Call to Action’ for NHS staff, patients and the public.

The idea is to get as many people as possible to pledge to do one thing to make the NHS better. Pledges can be big or small, personal or professional, but must make a difference to patient care.

Student nurses from the Nottingham University Hospitals Student Task Group ran a pledging event on 21 February, encouraging students and University staff to make pledges for NHS Change Day. An incredible 77 individual pledges were made on the day!

Liz Charalambous, one of the School’s MSc Advanced Nursing students, who also works as a Healthcare of the Older Person Acute Medicine Nurse, had her pledge featured on the BBC website: http://tiny.cc/nhs-change-day

For further information visit: www.nottingham.ac.uk/go/nhs-change-day

NHS Change Day pledges

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Professor Karen Cox participating in Life Cycle 4

UK Committee on Children and Young People’s Nursing (UKCCYPN)

Master of Nursing Science child branch students, who completed their policy work last December, were invited to present their work on a national scale.

Following the completion of module 22 on the Master of Nursing Science course, Fiona Smith (RCN advisor for children’s nursing) gave students the opportunity to contribute to the next UK Committee on Children and Young People’s Nursing, looking at the workforce and promoting nursing on the front line.

This was a really exciting prospect as students were given the opportunity to participate in the development of an action plan between the Royal Colleges, whilst presenting the work they completed for the module.

The meeting took place at the Royal College of Nursing Headquarters in London, with students Elisha Gabriel, Nicola Townsend and Rachel Hunter in attendance.

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18th International Philosophy of Nursing Conference in association with the International Philosophy of Nursing Society (IPONS) Brave new world? Health, technology and evidence based practice

Date: Monday 8 September - Wednesday 10 September 2014 Location: Sir Clive Granger Teaching Building, University Park

We invite abstracts of up to 250 words on any philosophical topic related to nursing. Please email all abstracts and general queries to ipons@nottingham.ac.uk

To register and for details of accommodation, visit: www.nottingham.ac.uk/aipnursingconference

Date: Thursday 15 May 2014 Time: 6-7pm Location: A5 lecture theatre, School of Pharmacy, University Park

The Sue Ryder Care Centre for the Study of Supportive, Palliative and End of Life Care is pleased to announce the Annual Public Lecture 2014. This year’s Annual Lecture will be presented by Dr Josephine Hockley, OBE.

Light refreshments will be provided from 5.30pm and the lecture will commence at 6pm.

The event is free of charge, but please express your interest in attending the lecture by contacting Ann Gibbons: e: ann.gibbons@nottingham.ac.uk t: +44 (0)115 823 0706 (Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays only)

Further information, including the lecture flyer can be found at: www.nottingham.ac.uk/go/srcc-annual-lecture

Find out at the University of Nottingham Vision and Professional Pride in Nursing Conference.

Guest speakers include: Dr Peter Carter, Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Chief Executive Dame Elizabeth Fradd, Honorary Professor, University of Nottingham

Date: Wednesday 28 May 2014 Time: 9.30am Location: C1052, Queen’s Medical Centre

Open to student nurses, registered nurses or lecturers. To book, please visit: http://tiny.cc/nursing-conf

Sue Ryder Care Centre Annual Public Lecture

Our very own Karen Cox, Professor of Cancer and Palliative Care and Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University, will be taking part in the forthcoming Life Cycle 4 event.

This is a 1,400+ mile sponsored cycle ride from Friday 15 to Sunday 31 August 2014, in support of Children’s Brain Tumour Research, to fight the UK’s leading cause of cancer deaths in children.

This year’s challenge will be the longest yet, taking in all four corners of Great Britain. Each cyclist will be riding in honour of a patient who has battled the disease and Professor Cox has chosen to ride in memory of Katy Holmes from Penwortham near Preston, who sadly died from an incurable brain tumour in January 2012.

Professor Cox said: “I am honoured to be riding in Katy’s memory. The work being done by the Centre in Nottingham is vital in order for us to better understand and treat brain tumours, so hopefully this fundraising will go some way towards helping children and their families now and in the future deal with this challenging disease.”

For further information visit: www.nottingham.ac.uk/lifecycle

Sponsor Karen at: www.justgiving.com/lifecycle4karen

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Dr Carol Coole receives Merit Award

Dr Carol Coole, Senior Research Fellow in the School of Health Sciences recently earned a Merit Award 2014 from the British Association of Occupational Therapists and College of Occupational Therapists (BAOT).

Every year, BAOT members are invited to nominate their colleagues for a Fellowship of the College of Occupational Therapists or a Merit Award in recognition of their special contribution to the profession.

The Merit Awards are for Occupational Therapists recognised by their peers for excellence in their sphere of work.

These awards, introduced in 2008, are open to all BAOT members — students, practitioners, associate members, managers, educators, researchers, new practitioners — with a minimum of two full consecutive membership years.

Further details can be found at: http://tiny.cc/merit-fellowship

League table success for the School

We are pleased to announce that the School is rated 2nd best in the UK for nursing and midwifery and 5th for physiotherapy in the Complete University Guide league table 2014.

Further success has included 98% overall satisfaction with the research degree experience in The Higher Education Academy’s Postgraduate Research Experience Survey 2013.

Celebrating the rich tapestry of life: Diversity Matters

The School is addressing diversity in all aspects of its business. The re-launch of the Equality, Diversity and Spirituality (EDS) Learning and Teaching Hub on 28 January 2014 brought together like-minded champions of diversity to celebrate our successes in promoting diversity and inclusivity.

The School has a team of staff and partners committed to championing diversity, ranging from learning resources on diversity and inclusive matters, to learning opportunities for improving students’ approaches.

The Hub has set its vision with designated members to address certain areas in the coming months. Staff, students, practitioners and users are welcome to contact us to discuss diversity issues.

Each one of us is a bright colour in the rich tapestry of life — diversity matters and needs to be embraced and celebrated.

For further information visit: www.nottingham.ac.uk/eds

Successful School research bids

Congratulations to Professor Avril Drummond for her recent outstanding success in being part of teams that won the following £1m+ grants:

Lincoln NB, Das Nair R, Drummond A, Constantinescu C, Phillips C, Montgomery A, Morgan M. Cognitive Rehabilitation for Attention and Memory in People with Multiple Sclerosis (CRAMMS), HTA, Commissioned call. £1,230,000

Barker K, Drummond A, Lamb S, Price A, Beard D, Toye F, Yu L, Rivero-Arias O. Community Based Rehabilitation after Knee Arthroplasty (CORKA) HTA, Commissioned call. £1,500,000

The School is delighted to announce that its staff are well-represented among this year’s University Staff Oscars:

• Stacy Johnson Won for ‘Best in Preparing Students for the Future’

• Louise Clark Runner-up in ‘Best Personal Tutor in Dealing with a Difficult Issue’

• Linda East Runner-up in ‘Best All Round Personal Tutor’

The School extends its congratulations to all for their recognition in these student-led awards.

School success in Students’ Union Staff Oscars

School fundraising for Impact Campaign

Children’s brain tumour research is the focus for this year’s University Impact Campaign fundraising.

The School has two Campaign Ambassadors — Linda Allsop (PA to Head of School/School Office Secretary) and Davina Malcolm (Division Administrator for Nursing) — who have put together some fundraising activities, the next one being a daily Easter egg raffle.

As the University is producing a league table of School fundraising totals, we want to do well! We have set up a Just Giving page for people to donate: www.justgiving.com/school-of-health-sciences

If you have any ideas or want to offer your help, please contact Davina or Linda at davina.malcolm@nottingham.ac.uk or linda.allsop@nottingham.ac.uk

Find out more about Impact at: www.nottingham.ac.uk/impactcampaign