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Information Leaflet Developed on 22q.11 Deletion Syndrome

The information leaflet developed on 22q.11 deletion syndrome in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin by a team of Researchers led by Dr Honor Nicholl will be launched next week. This information leaflet was developed as a result of a research project undertaken by a team of interested professionals and parents.

Major research funding success: Prof Cecily Begley from the School of Nursing and Midwifery awarded 3 million for the OptiBIRTH project.

A team of researchers led by Professor Cecily Begley in the School of Nursing and Midwifery have been awarded 3 million euro from the European Commission for the "OptiBIRTH" research project.

The study addresses the widespread concern over rising Caesarean section rates throughout Europe, particularly routine CS following a previous CS, despite calls for increased vaginal births after Caesarean (VBAC). VBAC is associated with lower maternal mortality than repeat CS, less overall morbidity for mothers and babies, and is the preferred option for the majority of women. VBAC rates in Ireland, Germany, and Italy are significantly lower (29-36%) than those in the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden (45-55%). The OptiBIRTH project will use a cluster randomised trial in Ireland, Germany, and Italy, with 15 clusters of 94 women in each, to increase VBAC rates from 33% to 53% through a complex intervention designed to increase women-centred care and women's involvement in their care.

The multi-national, multi-disciplinary research team for this project developed from the ESF-funded workshop: "Promoting Normality in Childbirth" held in the School in March 2010, and from the COST Action, (IS0907: Childbirth Cultures, Concerns, and Consequences: Creating a Dynamic EU Framework for Optimal Maternity Care), which started in June 2010.

The team is composed of 12 partner institutions from 8 countries, and includes service users, midwives, obstetricians, neonatologist, epidemiologist, sociologist, psychologist, bioethicist, health economist and a 'high-tech' small industry.

Lead institution: Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
PI: Prof Cecily Begley, and team: Valerie Smith, Deirdre Daly, Joan Lalor, Janine Stockdale, David Prendergast, including the Coombe Hospital: Chris Fitzpatrick, Michael Turner, Jan Miletin and Patricia Hughes.

Co-applicant institutions and lead investigators:

Beverley Beech, Association for Improvements in Maternity Services, UK; Prof Ingela Lundgren, University of Gothenburg, Sweden; Marianne Nieuwenhuijze, Zuyd University, The Netherlands; Prof Katri Vehvilainen-Julkunen, University of Eastern Finland, Finland; Prof Marlene Sinclair, University of Ulster, UK; Hugh Wiseman, Entando, UK; Prof Mike Clarke, Queen's University of Belfast, UK; Prof Mechthild Gross, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany; Prof Declan Devane, National University Ireland, Galway, Ireland; Prof Sandra Morano, Universita Degli Studi Di Genova, Italy; and Prof Koen Putman, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.

The award was made following submission to the HEALTH 2012 3.2-1 call "improving the organisation of health service delivery," sub-section "Patient-centred care and patients' involvement."

Announcement of Scholarships 2012

On Monday 16th of April 2012 the following students from the School of Nursing & Midwifery were awarded the Foundation Scholarship. The new Scholars are undergraduate students who have succeeded in the scholarship examination by exceptional answering of especially difficult questions set to test their ability as critical and innovative thinkers. The School would like to congratulate all recipients and wish them continued success.

The recipients are as follows:

Children's and General Nursing

Psychiatric Nursing

General Nursing

Midwifery

Dr Honor Nicholl, School of Nursing and Midwifery receives International 'Educator of the Year' award for her work in the area of children's palliative care.

On the 29th March 2012 the International Journal of Palliative Nursing (IJPN) partnered with Macmillan Cancer Support to host the IJPN Awards and celebrate achievement and excellence in the work of nurses and their teams in palliative care.

At a Gala Dinner in London, Dr Honor Nicholl, assistant professor in the School of Nursing and Midwifery was announced as joint winner of the 'Educator of the Year' category in recognition of her influence and commitment to education in the area of children's palliative care. Dr Nicholl's vision led her to develop the first interdisciplinary children's palliative care education programme in Ireland with the aid of funding from the Irish Hospice Foundation. The judges were particularly impressed with how Honor responded to National Policy and had made determined efforts to ensure key stakeholders were involved in curriculum development and programme delivery.

In accepting the award Honor paid tribute to her colleagues at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, the IMPCCP team and the Irish Hospice Foundation, who supported and helped her develop the children's palliative care programme.

A well deserved award; Congratulations Honor.

Juliet Bouverie, Honor Nicholl, Andrew Churnside

The Eclipse of Medical and Psychiatric Care: a public lecture by Prof David Healy

Hosted by the TCD School of Nursing & Midwifery
in association with the Irish Institute of Mental Health Nursing

Date: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Time: 5.00pm
Venue: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, 24 D'Olier Street, Dublin 2

In his address Professor Healy will raise the following questions
- is there is a mismatch between the so called evidence on use of drugs and the real data from studies?
- is the evidence embodied in clinical prescribing guidelines making care invisible and diminishing the relevance of the clinical encounter?

David Healy is a Professor of Psychiatry in Wales and former Secretary of the British Association for Psychopharmacology. He is author of books such as 'The Antidepressant Era' and 'Let Them Eat Prozac'. David has been involved as an expert witness in homicide and suicide trials involving psychotropic drugs, and has been at the forefront in highlighting problems with these drugs to both American and British regulators.

There is no charge to attend this lecture however it is necessary to book in advance as places are limited

Please contact Jeni Ryan (ryanjen@tcd.ie / 01 8963860) to book a place

We regret that parking is not available for this event

For more details please see

Centre for Practice and Healthcare Innovation Launched

A newly formed Centre for Practice and Healthcare Innovation at the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Trinity College Dublin was recently launched (March 8th, 2012).

The Centre will bring together clinical practice staff in nursing and midwifery, aligned with academic strengths in a partnership that aims to provide improved models of service delivery and practice for the benefit of all patients, service users and society. As part of the initiative, it also aims to develop a national network of Practice Innovation Units that will work together sharing resources and developing research in nursing, midwifery and healthcare.

Commenting on its significance, its new director, Professor Catherine Comiskey explained: "In these challenging times for health services and research in Ireland this new Centre for Practice and Healthcare Innovation provides a framework to work in partnership with those in clinical practice, the health services and technology, with the common aim of improving the design, planning, delivery and implementation of healthcare for the benefit of all. This new initiative aims to place Trinity College Dublin as a leader in Ireland in fostering innovative and sustainable methods of enhancing healthcare, through research and innovation."

A number of international experts in the area of practice development and innovation were in attendance at the launch of the Centre for Practice and Healthcare Innovation. Professor Gary Rolfe and Dr Dave Barton of the Wales Centre for Practice Innovation at Swansea University, together with Ms Carolyn Jackson from Centre for Practice Development at Canterbury Christ Church University and Alice Webster of the NHS presented on their experience and the benefits of similar Centres for nursing and midwifery practice. Dr David Prendergast, Intel Ireland, also presented on his vision for innovation within healthcare.

Picture: Ms Carolyn Jackson, Prof Catherine Comiskey, Prof Agnes Higgins, Prof Gary Rolfe

Please see photographs from the Launch on the School's Flickr site

PhD Nursing Student wins award for IASSID World Congress 2012, Halifax NS Canada

The International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities (IASSID) World Congress Conference will be held in Halifax Novia Scotia in July 2012. The event provides an opportunity to celebrate and share strategies in research, education, and services in the field of intellectual disability. The event will attract over 1000 researchers from across the world. As part of IASSID and the world congress the Aging Special Interest Research Group is sponsoring fellowships open to students and early career researchers in the field of aging and intellectual disability. Ms Sinead Foran PhD nursing student was successful with her submission 'Using proxy reports to assess Fear of Falling among people with an intellectual disability' and has been awarded the 'Ageing SIRG Fellowship' to present at the conference. Sinead is undertaking her PhD as part of the Intellectual Disability Supplement to The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (IDS-TILDA). We wish her well at the conference and in her future studies.

The MAMMI Study (Maternal health And Maternal Morbidity in Ireland)

The MAMMI Study (Maternal health And Maternal Morbidity in Ireland) started in January 2012. The study aims to identify the existence, extent and prevalence of maternal morbidity in 1600 first-time mothers antenatally and up to 12 months postpartum. The morbidities being studied include; urinary incontinence, faecal incontinence, pain, sexual health problems, mental health problems and intimate partner violence (domestic violence). It is funded by the Health Research Board.  For more information and the study documents including information booklets, consent forms and surveys, please go to www.mammi.ie

School of Social Work and Social Policy and National Institute for Intellectual Disability Welcome New Colleague, Dr Fintan Sheerin

Dr Fintan Sheeran a lecuterer in Intellectual Disability Nursing here at the School of Nursing & Midwifery has taken up a part time post in School of Social Work and Social Policy and National Institute for Intellectual Disability. For more details please see

IDS-TILDA success with IRCHSS Award for New Ideas 2011 - 'Getting the Message to the People that Matter - Innovation in Research Dissemination'.

The Intellectual Disability Supplement to The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (IDS-TILDA) is designed to better understand the experiences and challenges of adults with ID as they age. The first wave of data collection accumulated a sample of 753 persons aged 40+ with an intellectual disability (ID) drawn randomly from the National Intellectual Disability Database (NIDD) who responded (or carers have responded on their behalf) to questionnaires addressing many aspects of their lives including health, social connections and employment to name but a few. From the inception of IDS-TILDA the inclusion of people with an ID in the research process has been integral. The IRCHSS New Ideas Award has been granted to the IDS-TILDA project which proposes to take such inclusion to new levels in the belief that this project will present people with an ID new ways to be research partners and support the engagement of people with an ID in research of benefit to them.
On December 14th 2011 Professor Mary McCarron PI (Dean of the Faculty of Health Science) and the IDS-TILDA team were successful in their application for the 'New Ideas Award 2011' funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS). The award was granted for their proposal for an innovative dissemination project titled 'Getting the Message to the People that Matter: Innovation in Research Dissemination'. The team propose to create a dynamic and inclusive web site to disseminate the findings from IDS-TILDA.
Inclusiveness and choice are part of the fundamental values framework that underpin the IDS-TILDA study and guides each step as the research is undertaken. People were offered choice in how they would like to receive the findings and over 200 participants choose a DVD format. Following consultation with the Dr David Prendergast (Intel) and Dr John Dinsmore (TCD) the proposal for a dynamic website evolved. The project is an alternative means of dissemination to enhance the continued engagement of people with an intellectual disability (ID) as partners in research. Now the participants will not only have a DVD of the findings but also access to the findings on an accessible website. The website will initially host the short films depicting the results of the findings making the results more accessible to a wider audience. The creation of accessible materials is key to supporting service user participation and to that end the actors in all the films are service users.
It is envisaged that the site will provide an online, user friendly multimedia web portal that increases accessibility of wave one (and subsequent) findings for participants, their family/carers, and their support staff. As the site grows and develops with the longitudinal study it will also provide a resource for researchers and other academics through the provision of downloadable data files and related documentation similar to other international longitudinal studies on ageing. The aim to provide project specific iPad/Android apps so that the touchscreen technology afforded by such devices may further increase accessibility in time will also be realised.

The implementation of this project will also place the IDS-TILDA study at the forefront of research supporting the improvement of accessibility and inclusion of subjects as partners, a key desire in disability research. It is envisaged that this project will help realize a goal of shared study ownership. In Ireland and throughout the world there is a growing population of older persons with intellectual disabilities (ID). This is an incredible success but also a tremendous challenge however celebrating this success should be embraced.
The impact of the proposed project will be far reaching from the viewpoints of both the IDS-TILDA study and participants. It has taken tremendous effort to launch the IDS-TILDA study and there will always be funding challenges as the subsequent waves are undertaken. It is important that every step is taken to advance the value of the study. An ability to make the data accessible will increase both the visibility and utility of the study, will help nurture comparative data collection in other countries and will support the exploration of key and evolving policy and practice questions.

Open Day Video for School of Nursing & Midwifery

Works in Progress 2011, Jesenice, Slovenia

Two nursing students recently presented their master work at the annual Works in Porgress event which was, this year, held at Jesenice College of Nursing, Slovenia. Elaine Greer (MSc Palliative Care) and Amy O'Connor (MSc Disability Studies) were accompanied by their supervisors, Dr. Elizabeth Curtis and Dr. Fintan Sheerin respectively. The presentations were very well received. Last year, the Works in Progress was hosted by Trinity College School of Nursing & Midwifery. It has been developed into an ERASMUS Intensive Programme and this will be run in May 2012 by Oslo and Akershus University College, Norway. Any first year master students who are interested in this event, which will be subsidised, are encouraged to contact Dr. Fintan Sheerin or Dr. Elizabeth Curtis.

The Opportunities for Children's Palliative Care Education and Delivery in Ireland, known as the "IMPccP project".

A team within the School of Nursing and Midwifery were, in 2010, awarded funding from The Irish Hospice Foundation to develop an inter-disciplinary education programme in children's palliative care. This funding responded to the Department of Health & Children and The Irish Hospice Foundation Report (2005) which identified the need for the development of children's palliative care services and to the Department of Health & Children Report (2009) for the development of children's palliative care inter-disciplinary education.
A strategic advisory group and a curriculum review group comprising of stakeholders and academics, together with national and international experts in children's palliative care, were formed to develop the programme. Representative stakeholders from voluntary and statutory healthcare agencies, service-users, academics and members of inter-professional teams have contributed to the development of the programme. The programme development is a two year project which involves, in year one, the design of the modules and, in year two, the delivery and evaluation of these modules.
This model of formal and informal partnership is fundamental, and is a guiding principle to the collaborative success in the development of the programme, ensuring the cohesiveness of this groundbreaking educational model. The delivery of the programme commenced in Michelmas term 2011 and will conclude in Trinity term 2012 and consists of three Level 9 inter-disciplinary modules which include ongoing, strategic evaluation.

Curriculum Development
Fundamental to this curriculum development is to research the need for, and involve, people at the frontline of practice. The collaborative formation of strategic advisory and curriculum review groups has been positive and presented opportunities for developments in the area of specialist inter-professional education in children's palliative care. This offered an opportunity to design an innovative programme to encompass key principles of best practice in curriculum development:

Key principles

1. Cohesive approach to provide an educationally appropriate and clinically focussed  basis for practice development
2. Stakeholder involvement
3. Recognition of expertise
4. Recognition for partnership
5. Stakeholder involvement from the outset
6. Inclusion of local and national perspectives
7. Mutual respect
8. Establishment of formal and informal planning groups to include:

 Strategic Advisory Group

1. Key service providers (voluntary & statutory agencies)
2. Key service users
3. Clinical practitioners
4. Fund holders
5. Policy makers
6. Educationalists

Curriculum Review Group

1. Service providers
2. Service users
3. Clinical practitioners
4. Educationalists



Pictured above are members of the Project team including ( l-r) Ms. Anne Hayes, Project Assistant, Ms. June Murphy, EO, Dr. Honor Nicholl, Assistant Professor/Principal Investigator, TCD, Caitriona Nic Philbin, Assistant Professor/Course Co-ordinator, MSc in Mental Health (Child, Adolescent & Family Strand), TCD, Dr Jayne Price, Course Co-ordinator, TCD/Senior Teaching Fellow (Children's Nursing), Queen's University, Belfast, Prof. Agnes Higgins, Head of School of Nursing and Midwifery, TCD, Ms. Sharon Foley, CEO, The Irish Hospice Foundation, Dr Catherine Tracey, Course Co-ordinator

Student Awards 2010-11

On Tuesday the 8th of November 2011, the School of Nursing & Midwifery, TCD, hosted it's Student Awards Ceremony for the Academic Year 2010-11. The School established the Student Awards in order to celebrate the academic achievements of our students. The awards were set up to mark the School's 10th anniversary in 2006 and a number of awards have since been made to students who have achieved excellence in their academic studies.
In 2010/11 a total of 16 awards were presented to the School's top students across a wide range of courses.

The recipients of the awards were:

Students' family, friends, and staff of the School and linked Health Service providers were present to celebrate these students' achievements as they accepted their awards.
The Ceremony was opened by the School Administrator Mr Frank O'Rourke which was followed by addresses by the Head of School Prof. Agnes Higgins and the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Professor Mary McCarron. Prof Higgins complemented the students on their hard work, commitment and outstanding achievement and thanked the student's families and staff in both TCD and the linked hospitals for their support of the students.
Professor Higgins also paid tribute to the Dean of Health Sciences, Professor Mary McCarron, who is the first woman to be elected Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences in Trinity College Dublin and the first member of the School of Nursing & Midwifery to hold that post.
This year the School recognised Katie Hill who recently received the award of the Oscar Wilde Gold Medal for best essay in the Nursing and Midwifery category of the 2011 Undergraduate Awards of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The Undergraduate Awards programme is open to all third level institutions on the island of Ireland and a selection of top universities in the UK, Canada and the US. Katie (student of the Bachelor in Science in Children's and General Integrated Nursing programme) received her Gold medal from the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese at an awards ceremony held in Dublin Castle. In addition, 7 other students were shortlisted for the 2011 Undergraduate Awards and were also presented with letters of recognition.

These students are:

Please see photographs from the ceremony on the School's Flickr site

Visible Lives report on older LGBT people launched

On November 3rd, Ireland's first research report on the lives of older lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people was launched at the Royal Irish Academy on Dawson Street by Brian Purcell, Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality. The research was conducted by a team of researchers in the TCD School of Nursing and Midwifery, led by Professor Agnes Higgins and is the first research report that specifically explores the lives of LGBT people aged 55 and over living in Ireland.

Older Irish LGBT people grew up in an environment where they were pathologised, criminalised and faced stigmatisation, prejudice and exclusion. For many, this led to marginalisation from family and community, as well as discrimination in key areas of their lives, including in employment. Most people surveyed went through the whole of their adolescence and their early adulthood without disclosing their sexual orientation or gender identity to anyone and without any contact with other LGBT people.

While the narratives and survey findings demonstrate their resilience in overcoming adversity, the report also highlights challenges and fears faced by older LGBT people. As older LGBT people enter the later years of their lives, they are faced with a double invisibility both as older people and as LGBT people. Participants worry about isolation and loneliness as they age, particularly those living in rural areas. Many were single (43%), which is a much greater proportion than the 15% for the entire over 55 population from the 2006 Census. In addition, there was major concern that older age services and health care services would discriminate against them as LGBT people by not recognising or protecting their LGBT identity. Nearly a quarter of participants would not reveal their LGBT identify to a health care practitioner for fear of a negative reaction.

While acknowledging the huge progress that has been made in Ireland, Professor Agnes Higgins commented that "this is a generation of older LGBT people who have had to campaign for their recognition and rights. As a society, we need to ensure that we don't disenfranchise or discriminate against this group again as they age." She highlighted the need for a cross-sectoral approach that supports positive ageing for older LGBT people and stressed the importance of ensuring that national policies are inclusive of older LGBT people's needs and that these policies are implemented in health and social care practices. The report was commissioned by GLEN, funded by the Get Vocal programme of Age & Opportunity and the HSE.

Final PDF version of the Visible Lives Main Report

Final PDF version of the Visable Lives Key Findings

Eddie Parsons of GOLD, Agnes Higgins, Head of School, TCD School of Nursing and Midwifery,
Kieran Rose, Chair of GLEN

Agnes Higgins, Head of School, TCD School of Nursing and Midwifery
Brian Purcell, Secretary General of the Deptartment of Justice and Equality
Andrew Montague, Lord Mayor of Dublin
Kieran Rose, Chair of GLEN, Catherine Rose, CEO of Age & Opportunity

Trinity College Dublin collaborates with Enterprise Ireland in a marketing initiative to increase the number of international students choosing to study in Ireland.

Trinity College Dublin participated in an Education in Ireland promotion along with other Irish universities and Institutes of Technology at the 2nd International Exhibition and Conference on Higher Education held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Launched in March 2011, Education in Ireland is the new umbrella brand for marketing Irish higher education internationally and is part of the overseas marketing drive to double the number of international students choosing to study in Ireland. The new brand is one of the commitments in the Programme for a National Government 2011-2016. The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mr. Richard Bruton T.D and Mr. Frank Ryan, CEO of Enterprise Ireland visited the Education in Ireland stand and met college representatives at the education fair which was held on 19-22 April 2011.
The International Office, Trinity College Dublin organised and coordinated College's participation at the 2011 International Exhibition and Conference on Higher Education in Riyadh. Dr Naomi Elliott, from the School of Nursing and Midwifery was the Trinity College representative at the education fair. This is the key education fair in the Middle East with over 429 exhibitors from international and local colleges and 35 countries taking part in the 4-day event. Saudi Arabia is emerging as a market with significant opportunities for Irish universities and colleges. The fair provides opportunity for academics and university representatives to engage with students, give information about degree programmes and answer the individual student's questions about college and international student experiences and opportunities available in Dublin. The programmes that under and postgraduate students were interested in studying in Trinity College included business, engineering, education, communication, linguistics, dentistry, medicine, medical imaging, pharmacy and nursing. The number of students opting to study overseas is growing. According to the Education in Ireland website, there are approximately 20,000 students travelling overseas for higher education in a variety of countries at both under and post graduate levels. The Saudi Ministry of Higher Education has given scholarship to 9000 students in 2011-2012 to study in overseas colleges. For further information on Education in Ireland and the initiatives to promote Ireland as a quality destination for international students, visit http://www.educationireland.ie/

Picture: Dr Naomi Elliott, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin and Mr. Richard Bruton T.D, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the international education fair in Saudi Arabia.

The online application process has opened for the new M.Sc. /P.Grad. Dip in Nursing - Child Health and Wellbeing.

The aim of the M.Sc./P.Grad. Dip. in Nursing - Child Health and Wellbeing is to provide a solid academic base to the understanding and development of nursing practice in the area of child health and illness. The strand will strengthen and develop the knowledge, skills, competencies and attitudes of the participants, thus enabling them to fulfil their highest potential in the personal, professional and practice arena of children's health. The strand will provide advanced study in research methods, the theoretical and practical aspects of management, clinical practice and leadership and child health perspectives as well as contemporary issues in child health and wellbeing. It is anticipated that graduates of this strand, in applying their learning, will be enabled to promote and develop excellence in children's illness, child health and wellbeing in primary, secondary and tertiary health care services.

New M. Sc. / P.Grad. Dip. in Nursing strands introduced for 2011!

Subject to College Council approval, the suite of M. Sc. / P.Grad. Dip. in Nursing strands has been extended to include a new M. Sc. / P.Grad. Dip. in Nursing - Child Health. Students will undertake the following modules:

• Theory & Practice of Research Methods for Healthcare
• Ethics and Law in Healthcare
• Leadership and Quality Improvement in Healthcare
• Contemporary Issues in Child Health
• Global Child Health in the Community
• The Bio-Psycho-Social Model and Child Development and Wellbeing

Students who successfully complete the first year of the programme may be awarded a Postgraduate Diploma or may choose to continue into the second year of programme and undertake a dissertation.

A new M. Sc. / P.Grad. Dip. in Specialist Nursing strand has also been introduced for 2011. The Specialist Nursing strands included seven specialisms.

• Cardiovascular Care Nursing
• Emergency Dept Nursing
• Haematology Nursing
• Intensive Care Nursing
• Orthopaedic Nursing
• Perioperative Nursing
• Renal Nursing

Developing A Whole School Research Community (QuickTime movie, 134Mb)

This is a short presentation by Sylvia Huntley-Moore, Director, Staff Education and Development, Dr Gabrielle McKee, Assistant Director of Research and Prof Catherine Comiskey, Director of Research here at the School. It gives an overview of the school's approach to developing a whole school research community from undergraduate to PhD and beyond. (QuickTime movie, 135mb). The School's Research Matrix (PDF) is referenced in the presentation.

Research Portfolio 2006-2009 (PDF, 4.42Mb)

You are invited to browse the School's Research Portfolio 2006-09 (PDF) and to review the expertise of our staff and PhD students. Staff members are happy for you to contact them if you would like any further information on any of our projects. If you have a research topic that you do not see included in this portfolio please contact us to discuss your ideas.

Research Matrix and Organisation (PDF, 74.6Kb)

For an brief diagramatic overview of our research activiites please see our Research Matrix and Organisation (pdf, 74.6Kb). This shows our research strengths, major research programs and detailed research programs.

Fusing the Horizon

This study, Irish Hospice Foundation and the Health Research Board began with an effort to understand staff experiences in supporting persons with intellectual disability and advanced dementia. A cross section of intellectual disability service providers and a specialist palliative care provider in the Republic of Ireland were involved in the study. Their experiences were interpreted to gain an understanding of their education and training needs and this information was then the basis for an educational intervention which was designed, delivered and evaluated as a pilot effort with these services. A partnership approach which involved the Trinity College School of Nursing and Midwifery research team, intellectual disability service providers and a specialist palliative care service was crucial to the success of this study. A copy of the full Executive Summary (PDF, 217Kb) is available to read or download. Note, copies of the Educational Packs may be purchased from Annabel Walsh, Executive Officer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, tel 01 8962775.

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