Grow your own brilliance – Workshops
Morning Workshops
Seminar Room 2 – UoL Flexible Working
Boosting Employee Well-Being and Retention by Revolutionising Workplace Flexibility: Relevance in the Health and Care Workplace
Organisation: University of Liverpool Management School
Presenting: Dr Rachel Ashman, Senior Lecturer in Marketing and Deputy Associate Dean Research
Dr Laura Radcliffe, Reader in Work, Organisational Behaviour and Deputy Director North West Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership
We are presenting a series of pre-recorded videos with people who have a Learning Disability and reside within a specialist forensic Learning Disability hospital and their families / carers. The videos showcase the value of Coproduction, Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement and facilitating the voices of those in services often seldom heard.
We wanted to capture the value in meaningful engagement and how this enhances the care & treatment, relationship with services and positive outcomes for all involved. The videos were facilitated by a researcher, communications and carer leads within Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. This multi-disciplinary team approach was essential in ensuring all engagement was representative with an aim to keep those involved at the heart of all decisions that are made. The evaluation team used several themes to guide the conversations, but context and content was driven by the participants in the spirit of Coproduction.
Key points:
- An understanding and practical example of coproduction based on meaningful patient and public involvement and engagement.
- The value of effective multi-disciplinary team working to facilitate positive outcomes.
- Hearing the often-unheard voices of those at the heart of specialist learning disability services.
- Celebrating what works for those with Learning Disabilities and their families to guide other services on what constitutes representative engagement.
MF1 – National NMAHP research update
Opportunities, opportunities, opportunities!
Organisation: NHS England Workforce Education and Training Directorate, NIHR CRN NENC
Dr Hazel Roddam – Subject Matter Expert for AHP Research
Sharon Dorgan – NIHR Associate Director of Nursing & Midwifery, Senior Strategic Manager, Workforce Development Lead (CRN NENC)
The past 12 months have seen unprecedented investment and subsequent opportunities for NMAHPs to build research capacity in the wider workforce, as well as capability for individuals.
This workshop will open with a brief overview of these opportunities, with clear signposts for where participants can find out more detailed information.
This structured session will facilitate participants to reflect on your own experiences and aspirations from the local, organisational and personal perspective. We will also share some selected recent examples from other regions of impactful research capacity building initiatives and support systems.
We will provide a round-up for participants about how you can connect and align with other initiatives and networks (national, regional, local) to take the next steps for building your own personal skills, confidence and careers.
- National level updates from the Nursing, Midwifery and AHP research strategies,
- Selected exemplars of regional implementation of research and innovation policies,
- Time to reflect on your personal experiences and aspirations,
- Encouragement to consider your next steps to connect and network for research development support.
MF2 – Co-production workshop
Presenting coproduction in action to support people with Learning Disabilities and their families.
Organisation: Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust (MCFT)
Michaela Thomson – Job Title not present in the word doc
Tracy Collard – Job Title not present in the word doc
John Rowbotham – Job Title not present in the word doc
We are presenting a series of pre-recorded videos with people who have a Learning Disability and reside within a specialist forensic Learning Disability hospital and their families
/ carers. The videos showcase the value of Coproduction, Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement and facilitating the voices of those in services often seldom heard.
We wanted to capture the value in meaningful engagement and how this enhances the care & treatment, relationship with services and positive outcomes for all involved. The videos were facilitated by a researcher, communications and carer leads within Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. This multi-disciplinary team approach was essential in ensuring all engagement
was representative with an aim to keep those involved at the heart of all decisions that are made. The evaluation team used several themes to guide the conversations, but context and content was driven by the participants in the spirit of Coproduction.
Key points:
- An understanding and practical example of coproduction based on meaningful patient and public involvement and engagement.
- The value of effective multi-disciplinary team working to facilitate positive outcomes.
- Hearing the often-unheard voices of those at the heart of specialist learning disability services.
- Celebrating what works for those with Learning Disabilities and their families to guide other services on what constitutes representative engagement.
Afternoon Workshops
Seminar Room 2 – Research Journeys
Research Journeys through NHS R&D North West
Organisation: NHS R&D Northwest
Presenting: Amanda Bennet, Efstratios Athanasakis
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MF1 – NIHR Fellowships
NIHR Research Training Awards
Organisation: NIHR
Presenting: Amanda Bennet, Efstratios Athanasakis
Presenting: Dr Mal Palin, NIHR Senior Programme Manager, NIHR Coordinating Centre, Dr Chris Doble, NIHR Senior Programme Manager, NIHR Coordinating Centre
This session will comprise a presentation and extended Q&A by two managers of the NIHR’s research training schemes. We will take a whistle-stop tour of the opportunities we offer, describe how you should settle on the right one for you, de-mystify the application and assessment process, give you some advice on how to make your application as good as possible, and then field all your questions.
Key Points:
- An introduction to the breadth of research training opportunities offered by the NIHR
- An explanation of the considerations to make when deciding which option to pursue
- A description of the application process – what and who it will involve
- Top tips (and pitfalls to avoid) when making an application
MF2 – Co-design in social care
Co-design and Creative Methods in Social Care: Real-World Lessons from a Care Partnership
Organisation: University of Chester
Presenting: Professor Rob McSherry – Professor, Centre for Ageing and Mental Health, University of Chester (RM)
Mr Damian Nolan – Operational Director, Commissioning and Provision, Halton Borough Council (DN)
Dr Nellie Makhumula-Nkhoma – Researcher, Centre for Ageing and Mental Health, University of Chester (NMN)
Ms Rhian Crompton – Researcher, Centre for Ageing and Mental Health, University of Chester (RC)
The Research Practice Development Care Partnership (RPDCP) is a collaboration between Halton Borough Council, University of Chester and Third-Sector partners, aiming to forge closer links between social care professionals and researchers. The RPDCP managed a project exploring public opinions around care available for older adults, using a series of novel creative methods developed by the project team for data collection. This workshop will use this project as a case-study to show how a Research Practice Partnership operates in a real-world context, how co-design can be conducted alongside wider social care stakeholders; and how novel creative methods can supplement more traditional research methods and engage with service users in new ways. Workshop participants will be able to try out the creative methods themselves and discuss the methodology and co-design queries with RPDCP members from both the Council and the University.
Key Points:
- Introduction to a Social Care focussed Research-Practice Partnership
- Increased awareness of concepts of co-design in Social Care
- Opportunity to try out creative methods for data generation
- Enhanced appreciation of advantages and challenges of creative methodologies