1. Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin,
The Centre of Children’s Nurse Education, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin will be holding a one day Continuing Education Programme for registered nurses, midwives and other healthcare professionals, entitled 'Caring for the Child with a Life-Limiting Condition - Level A programme' at various locations around the country.
For further information re dates & locations, please contact Fiona Woods, tel 01 4096605, email Admin.cllc@olchc.ie
2. All Ireland Institute of Hospice & Palliative Care (AIIHPC) Clinical Research Fellowships
AIIHPC Clinical Research Fellowships All Ireland Institute of Hospice & Palliative Care (AIIHPC) is pleased to announce the launch of four Clinical Research Fellowships to support health and social care professionals involved in clinical practice to undertake short-term research projects/ activities relevant to palliative and end of life care. These Fellowships, worth €10,000 each, will assist individuals to protect dedicated time within their clinical commitments in order to undertake small-scale research project/activities in one of the following broad areas relevant to palliative care:
• Symptoms/symptom management
• Psychosocial support for patients and/or carers
• Research focused on specific groups and populations
• Health service research
• Research informing policy and practice
The purpose of these Fellowships is to facilitate individuals to develop, commence or continue a project in their area of interest. This might be for example, a:
• Systematic review
• Feasibility/pilot study
• A stage/phase of a larger study
• Development of a research proposal for funding
Please note the Fellowships will not support clinical audits.
The Clinical Research Fellowships are targeted at health and social care professionals (including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists, social workers, psychologists, etc), working in clinical practice in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland, with previous experience of and a commitment to palliative and end of life care research.
The closing date for applications is 1st July 2013. For further information and an application form, please visit www.aiihpc.org/research (see ‘downloads’) or contact Dr Tara Murphy, Programme Manager Research tmurphy@aiihpc.org
3. Engage: National Men's Health Training
Engage: National Men’s Health Training Programme is being delivered by the Health Promotion Department, HSE South in partnership with Institute of Technology Carlow, Waterford Institute of Technology and the Men’s Development Network on the following dates: September 11 & 12 and October 16 & 17 2013 in Teach Bhride, Tullow, Co Carlow.
For further details, please contact Dr. Aoife Osborne, tel 0876413241, email Aoife.osborne@itcarlow.ie
4. Nursing Homes Ireland (NHI) Annual Conference 2013
Nursing Homes Ireland (NHI) will hold their Annual Conference on Thursday 7 November 2013 in the Citywest Hotel, Dublin. The conference chaired by John Bowman includes speakers from both the domestic sector and International experts.
For further information, please contact Paula Lumsden, Event Co-Ordinator, tel 01 4292570, email admin@nhi.ie, website http://www.nhi.ie/
5. Nursing Homes Ireland (NHI) Annual Care Awards, 2013
Nursing Homes Ireland (NHI) Annual Care Awards will take place on Thursday 7 November 2013 @ 7.30pm (the evening of the Annual Conference) in the Citywest Hotel, Dublin. The NHI Care Awards is the definitive celebration of excellence across the Nursing Home sector.
The purpose of the awards is to promote best practice within the sector and pay tribute to those individuals who have demonstrated outstanding excellence and dedication within their field of work.
For further information, please contact Mary Cuthbert, tel 01 2969394, email nhicareawards@eventpartners.ie website http://www.nhicareawards.ie/
6. 11th EUSE Conference 2013
The EUSE Conference will take place in Croke Park Stadium, Dublin from the 11 to 13 June 2013. The European Union of Supported Employment (EUSE) conference, hosted by the Irish Association of Supported Employment (IASE), and sponsored by the Rehab Group, will see Ireland at the centre of international efforts to advance supported employment when delegates from more than 30 countries convene in Croke Park Stadium and Conference Centre.
For further information, please contact Patricia McColgan, euse2013@abbey.ie website www.eusedublin2013.com/
