Academic Research How to get involved

Academic Research
How to get involved
Dr Jane Grose and Dr Maria Tighe
Sustainability Society and Health
A cross-Faculty multi-disciplinary group that
explores issues and seeks solutions to the
challenges that climate change, fossil fuel
dependency, food security and other threats to
sustainability present to society and health
Regular monthly informal meetings with
presentations and discussion
1. Steering Committee
2.
Identify items
3.
Process map identifying raw
materials risks in NHS
procurement
Filter items
4.
Assess impact on
services
5. Assess risk and
opportunity
6. send out items for
assessment to clinical and
non-clinical NHS staff
7.
identify top items for
scenarios
8.
Run scenarios with
clinical and nonclinical staff
9. use data to
develop strategy in
NHS and with
external partners
Sustainable Education
across the university
• Evidence-based skills sessions with student
nurses across disciplines and in each year of
training
• Observed by 3D design students who developed
an etool for facilitators based on the skills
sessions
• Now working with School of Architecture funded
by Centre for Sustainable Education
• Links to Institute Sustainable Solutions Research
Scenario based teaching
Design students etool
Waste project
So you want to do research
• MSc and ResM/PhD work offer opportunities to
do research – with *possibility* of publication;
• You will need academic links to a supportive
mentor or supervisor in your field of interest;
• If you have the time and skills academic mentors
can help you decide the journal to aim for;
• Be prepared for a lengthy process;
• Don’t let rejection put you off!!
• SSh like minded people getting ideas together
Student example
SCPHN
Student Collaboration
with SS2N
Systematic review
protocol on impact of
outdoor learning on
children’s physical
activity
Collaboration with
Education and SNAM
Published
Reflective Paper
Alumni research
award
Challenges and pitfalls in collaboration
• For Jane
Link to Jane and Janets reflective article re co
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Richardson J & Grose J (2013) An action learning approach to partnership in community
development: a reflection on the research process. Action Learning: Research and Practice,
Vol. 10, No. 3, 254–263
Other ways of getting involved e.g
Systematic Reviews
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Offers a ‘desktop’ opportunity for research
Collaborative academic opportunities
Highly valued evidence (‘gold standard’)
Foundation for ResM/PhD or further research
Should help translate research into practice
(TrIP) through ‘Best Practice’ guidelines.
Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI)
• A repository for publications and information for
policy makers, health professionals, health
scientists and others with a practical or
academic interest in evidence based healthcare.
• The JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and
Implementation Reports;
• The JBI Database of Best Practice Information
Sheets and Technical Reports; and
• The JBI Database of Rapid Appraisals of
Published Papers (coming soon)
http://joannabriggslibrary.org/
contact Professor Bridie Kent bridie.kent@plymouth.ac.uk
References
Aronsson, J.. How can SCPHN school nurses contribute to the sustainability agenda? Community Practitioner. 2013; 86( 7): 3840(3).
Tighe, M. Waite, S. Aronsson, J. Richardson, J (2014) The impact of outdoor learning on the physical activity of school-age children;
a systematic review protocol. JBI database for systematic review protocols. In press (example JBI protocol)
Goodman. B. (2011) The need for a ‘sustainability curriculum’ in nurse education. Nurse Education Today. doi:
10.1016/j.nedt.2010.12.010
Grose J, Richardson J. (2013) Managing a sustainable, low carbon supply chain in the English National Health Service: The views of
senior managers. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy 18(2): 83-89
Grose J, and Richardson J. (2013) Raw Materials Risk in Healthcare Supply Chains. European Pathway To Zero Waste:
http://www.wrap.org.uk/content/sustainable-procurement under the sub heading ‘Health Sector’
Grose J, Bennallick M, Nichols A, Pahl S, Richardson J. (2011) How can Behaviour Change Theory Contribute to a Reduce, Re-use
and Recycle Approach to Waste Management in the NHS: A Feasibility Study http://www.sciforum.net/presentation/546
Manzi S., Nichols A., Pahl S., Richardson J., Bennallick M., Grose J. (2013) How do they manage it? An observational study of
health and social care waste management. Psychology and Health 28 (Special Issue Supplement 1) pp262. (meeting abstract)
Richardson J., Grose J., Gill JL., Hertel J., Jackson B., Sadeghian H., Kelsey J. Sustainability and Healthcare by Design: Sharing
knowledge across disciplines in undergraduate nurse training. Nursing Standard Accepted 6 th February 2014
Richardson J, Grose J. Partnership research in green space community development: A reflection on multi-professional working
Reflective Practice. International and Multi-disciplinary Perspectives. Accepted 27/01/2014
Richardson J., Grose J., Doman M., Kelsey J. The use of evidence-informed sustainability scenarios in the nursing curriculum:
development and evaluation of teaching methods. Nurse Education
Today. http://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0260691713002451
Next Steps
Keep in touch
• Continuing professional development
• Collaborative curriculum development
• Collaborative research through SSH
Contact:
Janet Richardson janet.richardson@plymouth.ac.uk
Jane Grose jane.grose@plymouth.ac.uk
Maria Tighe maria.tighe@plymouth.ac.uk