About this event

  • Date and time Thu 6 Oct 2022 from 8:15am to 6:00pm
  • Location Royal Society of Medicine
  • Organised by Trainees

We welcome all healthcare professionals and students to hear a stellar faculty of national leaders in qualitative and quantitative research, innovation, audit and quality improvement share their inspiring work in academia. 

Through clinically relevant examples, our speakers aim to spread enthusiasm and appreciation for academic pursuits in medicine, as well as to better prepare attendees for academic applications, interviews and jobs. 

Attendees will also have the option to showcase their own research and audit projects on a national platform, with the chance to win prestigious national prizes from the RSM.

Attendees will be able to:

  • Network with academic leaders from around the country and discuss potential ideas.
  • Understand how to get involved in research, innovation, audit and quality improvement activities.
  • Be better prepared for academic applications, interviews, and jobs.

 

 

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Agenda

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Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction

Dr Shahin Ghezelayagh, IMT2 in Cardiology, Eastbourne District General Hospital, East Sussex, Ms Josie Cheetham, GPST2, Gwent, MSc candidate in Medical Education, Cardiff University, Mr Bernard Ho, 'Locum Consultant in Dermatology and Lymphoedema and Dr Nuru Noor, Specialist Trainee in Gastroenterology at Cambridge University Hospitals, Clinical Research Fellow at MRC Clinical Trials Unit at University College London

 

Session 1: Opportunities in academia

Chairs: Dr Nuru Noor, Specialist Trainee in Gastroenterology at Cambridge University Hospitals, Clinical Research Fellow at MRC Clinical Trials Unit at University College London and Ms Josie Cheetham, GPST2, Gwent, MSc candidate in Medical Education, Cardiff University 

 

Why do research? Power of regional, national, international research collaboratives

Dr Dmitri Nepogodiev, University of Birmingham

Innovation and entrepreneurship experiences as a trainee

Dr Arrash Yassaee, Global Clinical Director at Huma and Academic Clinical Fellow at Imperial College

My academic career: Getting here and tips for success

Professor Usha Menon, Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, University College London

Listening to patients and colleagues: the value of qualitative research

Professor Carolyn Chew-Graham, Professor of General Practice Research, Keele University and General Practitioner, University of Manchester

Tea and coffee break

Session 2: Research prize presentations

Chairs: Dr Nuru Noor, Specialist Trainee in Gastroenterology at Cambridge University Hospitals, Clinical Research Fellow at MRC Clinical Trials Unit at University College London and Ms Josie Cheetham, GPST2, Gwent, MSc candidate in Medical Education, Cardiff University

Georgia Woodfield
Ali Al-Hadithi
Charlotte Sharp
Samia Elkommos
Emily Moseley
Poster viewing
Lunch (poster viewing)

Session 3: Session 3: Future of innovation in the NHS

Chairs: Dr Nuru Noor, Specialist Trainee in Gastroenterology at Cambridge University Hospitals, Clinical Research Fellow at MRC Clinical Trials Unit at University College London and Dr Shahin Ghezelayagh, IMT2 in Cardiology at Eastbourne District General Hospital, East Sussex

Entrepreneurship and innovation for trainees in the NHS

Professor Tony Young, National Clinical Lead for Innovation, NHS England and NHS Improvement 

Audit/QIP presentations

Chairs: Dr Shahin Ghezelayagh, IMT2 in Cardiology at Eastbourne District General Hospital, East Sussex and Mr Bernard Ho, 'Locum Consultant in Dermatology and Lymphoedema 

Onyekachi Ekowo
Oliver Perkins
Safia Haidar
Rachel Blyth
Yara Ibrahim
Tea and coffee break

Session 4: Opportunities in qualitative research

Chairs: Dr Shahin Ghezelayagh, IMT2 in Cardiology at Eastbourne District General Hospital, East Sussex and Mr Bernard Ho, 'Locum Consultant in Dermatology and Lymphoedema 

The journey through a qualitative research project

Professor Fiona Wood, Professor of Medical Sociology, Cardiff Metropolitan University

How to get involved in qualitative research studies and projects

Dr Aimee Charnell, Honorary Lecturer, Leeds Institute of Medical Education

Session 5: Future of academic medicine in the NHS

Chairs: Dr Nuru Noor, Specialist Trainee in Gastroenterology at Cambridge University Hospitals, Clinical Research Fellow at MRC Clinical Trials Unit at University College London and Ms Josie Cheetham, GPST2, Gwent, MSc candidate in Medical Education, Cardiff University and Mr Bernard Ho, Locum Consultant in Dermatology and Lymphoedema 

Importance of inclusivity and diversity in academic medicine/surgery

Professor Deborah Eastwood, Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon and Associate Professor, Great Ormond St Hospital for Children and The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital

Presentation of prizes

Chairs: Dr Nuru Noor, Specialist Trainee in Gastroenterology at Cambridge University Hospitals, Clinical Research Fellow at MRC Clinical Trials Unit at University College London and Ms Josie Cheetham, GPST2, Gwent, MSc candidate in Medical Education, Cardiff University, Dr Shahin Ghezelayagh, IMT2 in Cardiology at Eastbourne District General Hospital, East Sussex

John Glyn audit and QIP prizes
Closing remarks
Close of meeting
Drinks reception

Location

Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom

Disclaimer: All views expressed in this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the RSM nor the speaker's organisations. 

Registration for this event will close at 1:00am  on 5 October 2022. Late registrations will not be accepted.

This event will be recorded and stored by the Royal Society of Medicine and may be distributed in future on various internet channels. 

  

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