Six Innovative Projects to Support Service User Involvement in Healthcare Education

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Awards to support innovative approaches to service user involvement in healthcare education and research

Thank you to everyone who submitted their applications to this award scheme. I am very happy to announce that the following six innovative projects to support service user involvement in healthcare education and research in SHS will be funded in partnership with Learning Enhancement and Development (LEaD).

The winning proposals are:

  1. Melissa Chamney (Adult Years): Service users’ and carers’ collaboration within adult student nurse learning.
  2. Shashivadan Hirani (Health Services Research and Management): Utilising service user expectations and experiences of mobile assistive technologies to improve service provision training of health and social care professionals.
  3. Byki Huntjens (Optometry and Visual Science): ‘My Experiences in the Big Chair’: Service user experiences of common eye diseases.
  4. Anne Laybourne and Julienne Meyer (Adult Years): My Home Life (MHL) Users and Carers project: Developing user and carer ambassadors for promoting quality of life in care homes for older people.
  5. Abigail Levin, Celia Harding and Ros Herman (Language and Communication Science): The evaluation of a coordinated approach to service user involvement across LCS teaching.
  6. Ahalya Subramanian (Optometry and Visual Science): Increasing patient involvement in Optometry.

Outlines of the six projects can be found by clicking on the link below.

Awards to Support Innovative Approach to Servicer User Involvement_Final List

We will keep you updated on the progress of the projects  over the next year and staff will also be presenting their work supported by the funds at one of the Community Engagement Lunchtime Seminar Series.

Alan Simpson

Chair, SHS Community Engagement (Service User Involvement) Strategy Committee

REMINDER: Apply now for Service User Involvement Awards

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Dear Colleagues

Proposal to support Innovative Approaches to Service User Involvement in Healthcare Education and Research

The School of Health Sciences Community Engagement (User Involvement) Strategy Committee agreed to explore new ways of encouraging, supporting and rewarding staff to develop innovative ways of involving service users in educational and research activities. The University’s Department for Learning Enhancement and Development (LeAD) has kindly agreed to sponsor a new initiative within the School of Health Sciences with these aims in mind.

SHS staff are invited to apply for one of FIVE awards of £2,000 each that will be used to support service user involvement in a new educational or research project. Research projects must have an educational component.

Successful applicants will be announced before the end of July 2014. Ideally, projects will be delivered in the autumn term 2014. Winners will be expected to give a presentation on their work supported by the funds at one or more of the following events:

  • SHS Community Engagement lunchtime seminar 2014-15
  • SHS Health has Got Talent 2015
  • Learning at City Conference 2015

Please click on the application form: SUI Projects Competition v2 30 05 14 for further details.  To note the closing date for applications is: 5pm 26th June.

With kind regards

Alan Simpson

An Experience of Breast Cancer

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Anise Bullimore recently underwent treatment for breast cancer. Over the past year Anise has been sharing her experiences online but also running sessions with our nursing and radiotherapy students (please see video presentations below).

Anise said of her experiences of working with the School of Health Sciences:

‘It’s been a really positive experience. I’ve been able to make sense of the treatment and cancer and aftermath by creating presentations which has been really valuable. I’ve met some wonderful students and SHS staff and feel that I’ve been able to make a difference to how some people view cancer or understand patients. I’ve also had the chance to be involved a little in your courses and learning spaces which has helped me to understand teaching at City more. On top of that, during an extraordinarily stressful working year I’ve been able to do something that I’ve felt I was good at which helped me to feel confident, develop my skills and do something good at work.’

On behalf of the School of Health ‘User and Carer Engagement’ community we would like to thank Anise for sharing her experiences with our staff and students and presenting them with the invaluable insight of a patient’s journey down the road of cancer treatment. The impact Anise’s sessions have had can clearly be seen through the student responses to her rehabilitation talk:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/myrtock/sets/72157636902394906/

During the course of Anise’s treatment she gathered a number of artifacts – writing, videos and pictures. Anise has kindly agreed we can share this material with you as they may be of use to your students in the future.

Googledrive artifacts available via this link https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BxhVBUjKRTTKWC03VFZFUnZhZkk&usp=drive_web : •

  • My Year on the Sofa – photobook of Anise’s treatment including photos, art therapy images and scans (powerpoint)
  • Wordle of qualities that make a good cancer nurse by nursing students (jpg)
  • Nursing session talk (powerpoint)
  • Rehabilitation session talk (powerpoint)
  • Art therapy experience writing (Word)
  • Radiotherapy experience writing (Word)
  • After cancer experience writing •(Word)
  • Family and friends experience writing (Word)
  • Harvey Survivorship article – excellent article about psychological experience after cancer treatment • Impact on friends and family writing (Word)

Videos available online:

  • My Body of Work, TedX talk (13 mins):

  • An Experience of Breast Cancer Treatment, nursing session talk video (52 mins):

 

New Online Resources

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Here are two online resources which you might useful:

This is available on the Higer Education Academy website.  A network of people with a shared interest in patient & public involvement in higher education, who aim to develop a critical alliance of people with lived experiences, students and academics for the purpose of enhancing improving practitioner education, patient experience and associated research in health and social care.

The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Has published online resouces regarding involving carers in forensic mental health settings.  Including video presentations from their recent conference on: What is Carer Involvement and What makes it difficult to involve carers? This workshop created a place to pool good practice in involving carers into Forensic Services. Importantly it became a trouble-shooting space to explore the challenges in involving carers in Forensic Services and the Quality Network.

These links can also be found under resources.

 

Patient and Public Involvement Workshop on 29th May 2014

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Research Design Service London and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust are holding a Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Workshop to help you develop PPI within your research proposal.

The workshop will cover practical aspects of involving patients in the research process and will provide you with an understanding of the methods and resources available to involve patients most effectively in the various stages of the research process. The workshop is unique in the area of PPI, being co-designed and co-delivered by patient trainers, giving the opportunity to participants to discuss specific challenges in their own studies with experienced service users. The workshop is targeted towards researchers that are currently in the process of applying to NIHR or similar funding streams.

Where: Function Room, Henriette Raphael Building, KCL Guy’s Campus

Date: 29 May 2014

Time: 13:00 – 16:30

The workshop is limited to 20 places so please book quickly to avoid disappointment.

Book online HERE.

For further enquires, please contact:

Kate Huckett

Operations Officer

Research Design Service London

Capital House, 42 Weston Street, LONDON, SE1 3QD

rdslondon.co.uk | kate.huckett@kcl.ac.uk | 020 7848 6684

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New Case Studies and Practical Tips for User and Carer Engagement

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We have received two new case studies this week one from Language and Communications on Aphasia and one from Mental Health.

Language and Communication Sciences: Example of “Stories with aphasia”

Read about the project  “Stories with aphasia” set up by Drs Madeline Cruice and Lucy Dipper for individuals with aphasia to experience telling their story successfully.  The project is designed to connect Londoners who have aphasia with volunteers who act as story-buddies, assisting each person to produce a digital multimedia story.

Mental Health: Incorporation of service user experience into a module on experiencing acute care in mental health

This case study includes some very positive feedback from students demonstrating the influence of service user experience in the classroom:

‘I personally loved it. I was fascinated by her story and what she has been through and could have listened to her for hours. It was interesting to hear from her perspective how she felt about the stigma and also about how the medication worked for her. I’d love to know even more about her experience and I think she is very brave!’

Practical Tips for User and Carer Engagement

If you need support with regards to user and carer activities remember to look at the resources listed under Guidelines, including helpful tips such as paying service users and carers and practical considerations when involving users and carers.

If you wish to speak to someone about user and carer activity please do contact your division’s Community Engagement representative listed on the key contacts page.

New Case Studies and Community Engagement Lunchtime Seminar

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This week we have uploaded three new case studies; please click on the links below to read about the recent experiences of staff inviting user and carer participants into the classroom:

Language and Communication Sciences: Using adults who have learning disabilities to teach speech and language therapy students

 

Language and Communication Sciences: Exploring the Needs of Young People and Teenagers

 

Mental Health: Simulated Practice: Working in partnership with carers

 

Also don’t forget the next lunchtime ‘Community Engagement’ seminar is taking place on Monday 7th April:

‘Building a Research Community:

The Benefits of Working Collaboratively with People with Aphasia’

Abi Roper, Judith Kistner and Sarah Northcott

School of Health Sciences

Monday 7th April 2014 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm

A225, College Building, City University London, EC1V 0HB

[All Welcome]

For further information contact: a.simpson@city.ac.uk

 

 

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Staff Lunchtime Seminar Series

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Community Engagement and User Involvement

Exploring innovative approaches to involving patients, service users, carers and the public in health education and research

 

‘Building a Research Community:

The Benefits of Working Collaboratively with People with Aphasia’

Abi Roper, Judith Kistner and Sarah Northcott

School of Health Sciences

Monday 7th April 2014 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm

A225, College Building, City University London, EC1V 0HB

[All Welcome]

For further information contact: a.simpson@city.ac.uk

 

 

 

 

Warm welcome

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Welcome to our weblog. This site is designed to promote and support the involvement of patients, service users, carers and local communities in all educational and research activities across the School of Health Sciences.

You will find guidelines, suggestions, useful tips, resources, case studies and much more. Over time, we also hope people will use this blog to post examples of innovative practice, successful ideas, and even stories of where things went wrong!

Take a look around and please sign up for email updates when new posts are uploaded.

Best wishes,

Alan

Alan Simpson

Chair, Community Engagement (User and Carer Involvement) Strategy Committee