Health Faculty Publications PG Study and Research 2016 | Seite 32

The School of Nursing and Midwifery is committed to
evidence-based practice to underpin its programmes, and
has a developing portfolio of active researchers and
supervisors. We currently have eight academics that hold a PhD,
and eight academics working towards PhDs or professional
doctorates, who have extensive experience of undertaking
pedagogical research and scholarship with a range of external partners.
Current examples of research include developing community placements;
examining leadership in the pre-registration curricula; evaluating the impact

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of an educational intervention to promote resilience in student nurses;
multi-morbidity; and end of life and palliative care, particularly around
marginalised groups.
We have established strong international research links with the University of Newcastle,
NSW, and the University of Sydney, Australia, with collaborative research around simulation
(and in particular around clinical reasoning and decision making) and end of life care for people
with a learning disability. We have reciprocal conjoint Chairs involving Professor Tracey
Levitt-Jones (University of Newcastle, NSW) and Professor Sue Read (Research Lead, School of

The School has a number of mechanisms to
proactively cultivate research across its partner
organisations, which include:
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conference attendance, contribution to higher degree
course fees etc;
Working with clinical partners to jointly support individual
clinical academic fellowships;
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A regular research seminar series which includes local, national
and international speakers around a variety of topics. The seminars
are free to attend and are open to anyone across the University, local
trusts, private organisations and charities;

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A regular Research Coffee Morning, providing an informal space for anyone
interested in developing his or her research understanding and
knowledge.

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opportunities, and joint publications. We also host a number of research websites to promote external
visibility to students, researchers and clinicians alike.

An annual research scholarship scheme, open to
external and internal applications for support with

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Nursing and Midwifery), which are bringing fruitful research networking, collaborative funding

Our School Research Strategy is driven by our research strengths in health research and innovation,
strengthening multidisciplinary research and enhancing knowledge transfer capability into clinical practice.
PhD students can expect to have an individually tailored supervisory team with academic colleagues
from across the University as well as (where appropriate) external clinical and/or academic
colleagues, to ensure that students receive the best possible supervision at all times. The School
has an appointed Research Lead, and our researchers link in to various Research Institutes and
Schools across the University, reflecting their particular research interests, activities and
specialist areas. A major strength of the School is its established close collaborations
and partnership working with NHS hospital and community trusts and third sector
organisations. This engenders excellent support for research grants and
fellowship applications in hospital and community settings, for example in
cardiology; pain and symptom management.