Research Symposium
Research Symposium:
Promoting and supporting critical care research engagement with nurses and allied health professionals
This symposium will be led by:
- Professor Bronagh Blackwood, Chair in Critical Care, Queen’s University Belfast (QUB)
- Dr Bronwen Connolly, Senior Lecturer, Critical Care Physiotherapist (QUB)
- Dr Natalie McEvoy, Lecturer in Critical Care, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin
- Dr Leona Bannon, Lecturer in Critical Care, University College Dublin
The symposium will address key issues in facilitating and blocking research engagement:
- Why bother with research?
- Why clinical and research silos decrease efficiency in patient care
- Maximising N&AHP engagement
- Ireland and UK opportunities
- Dipping your toe in the water – N&AHP stories
- Key take home messages
Dipping your toe in the water - stories of various journeys from N&AHP that started from enquiry and getting involved to leading successful doctoral & postdoctoral studies with contributions from:
- Asem Abdulaziz R Alnajada, Paramedic
- Leona Bannon, Lecturer
- Sally Anne Duncan, Speech and Language Therapist
- Katie Hayes, Clinical Trial Nurse
- Carla McClintock, ICU Nurse
- Lisa McIlmurray, Paediatric ICU Nurse
- Aidin McKinney, Lecturer