Animals and student well-being – not ‘just a pet’

Julie MacDonald has published:

Animals and student well-being – not ‘just a pet’ in Evidence-Based Nursing

Brazilian Conference paper

Julie Macdonald co-authored:

Jess  Silva Ortiz Rosa Presenting the poster

"The importance of Palliative Care for patients with Head and Neck cancer and Hospice Care in the United Kingdom” presented at the XX1 Dental Conference of the University of Brasilia 22-25th May 2018.

Julie writes:
As a palliative care lecturer and school co-ordinator of international activities I am very proud to say that Jessica was a student of mine from Brazil who came to study palliative care, cancer care and pain management modules within the then Faculty of Health and Social Care at the University via the Science without Borders scheme. Jessica was a student of dentistry in Brazil and embraced learning about palliative care and the hospice movement in the United Kingdom as they have no hospices in Brazil and the students all admired this model of care. Colleagues and I loved working with the students and Jessica and I have stayed in touch and this conference presentation is the result. This was the first time Jess had presented a poster.

Faculty poster at 2016 summer Learning & Teaching Conference

Peter Draper writes: The Faculty made a big contribution to the University Learning and Teaching conference this year, as  three teams displayed posters with details of their work.  The title of Jan Hunter and Michelle Chappell’s work was ‘Academic support tutor (AST): what has changed’?  Clare Whitfield, Michelle Kennedy and Julie MacDonald presented a poster entitled ‘Support provided to international students studying in FHSC’.  The work behind both of these posters was undertaken during the Fast Track Teaching and Learning programme.

Additionally, Jennifer Loke and Emma Bush worked with Bryant K Lee (HYMS) to present their poster ‘Caring Behaviours: A mixed methods approach to establish the effects of a blended approach to learning’.

Congratulations to all of these colleagues on their excellent presentations.

Michelle Kennedy, Julie MacDonald
and Clare Whitfield

Jan Hunter

Emma (left) and Jennifer (centre)
with Bryant Lee (HYMS) and their poster

With other Faculty colleagues

Julie MacDonald conference presentations

Julie MacDonald

Julie MacDonald has been asked to deliver two workshops one for staff and one for patients at the  Fourth National Cancer and Palliative Care conference Contemporary Care : New Challenges New Solutions 23-24 June 2016 Village Hotel, Hull on pets and well­-being in health. (She has invited Paul Bush and his guide dog “Vargo” and he has kindly agree to come along to participate in the workshop for patients to explain to patients’ the benefits he gains from his guide dog.  Paul  chairs  the Faculty of Health and Social Care patient user group forum. Jule have also been asked to present the poster Companion animals and well-being in palliative care (Macdonald &Barrett 2015) which was presented at the Asia Pacific Conference Transforming Palliative Care April 30^th May 03 2015 Taipei, Taiwan.

Julie Macdonald is going to Taiwan

Julie Macdonald is going to Taipei to present a poster at the 11^th Asia Pacific Hospice Conference 30^th April

Julie Macdonald

-3^rd May 2015 at the Taipei  International Convention Centre Taiwan.

The presentation is:

Macdonald J and Barrett D  (2015) Companion animals and well-being in palliative care. 

Julie received funding from the Faculty and the Open University.