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 • 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 • • • • • 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] Jane Grose [email protected] Maria Tighe [email protected]