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.

Gendered experiences of research activity in Higher Education

Dr Judith Dyson and Dr Fiona Cowdell participated in this symposium at the University of Chester. Fiona says: 'this was an inspiring event where we showcased the University of Hull Programme for Women Achieving Excellence in Research.'

A quasi-experiment to evaluate the effects of a blended approach of simulation learning and podcasting on caring behaviour

Jennifer and Emma

Dr Jennifer Loke ad Emma Bush have co-authored:

Loke, J. C. F, Lee, B. K., Bush, E. 2016. A quasi-experiment to evaluate the effects of a blended approach of simulation learning and podcasting on caring behaviours. GSTF Journal of Nursing and Health Care 3:2. 1-7

The Impact of Antenatal Psychological Group Interventions on Psychological Well-Being: A Systematic Review of the Qualitative and Quantitative Evidence

FranziskaWadephul, Catriona Jones and Julie Jomeen (2016) have co-authored:

The Impact of Antenatal Psychological Group Interventions on Psychological Well-Being: A Systematic Review of the Qualitative and Quantitative Evidence Healthcare 4,32 doi:10.3390/healthcare4020032

Functional Decline in Residents Living in Nursing Homes: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Alvisa Palese

Mark Hayter and Roger Watson, along with PhD student Alvisa Palese have co-authored:

Palese A, Menegazzi J, Tullio A, Zigotti M, Hayter M, Watson R (2016) Functional Decline in Residents Living in NursingHomes: A Systematic Review of the Literature JAMDA doi: 10.1016j.jamda.2016.04.002

Patient safety competencies in undergraduate nursing students: A Rapid Evidence Assessment

Roger Watson has co-authored:

Bianchi M, Bressan V, Cadorin L, Pagnucci N, Tolotti A, Valcarenghi D, Watson R, Bagnasco A (2016) Patient safety competencies in undergraduate nursing students: A Rapid Evidence Assessment Journal of Advanced Nursing doi: 10.1111/jan.13033

Roger also authored:

Watson R (2016) What are Altmetrics and why would anyone be interested? Nursing Open doi: 10.1002/nop2.55

Chinese visitors to Faculty

Lydia Liu, Roger Watson, Julie Jomeen, Juan Deng, Jerremy Jolley, Yu Chen

Ms Lydia Liu of DL Consultancy and Ms Juan Deng from Zhenjiang Nursing College visited the University of Hull to discuss possible collaboration between Hull and Zhenjiang College.