Nursing is a demanding and responsible profession, but it’s also a very rewarding one. You have the satisfaction of knowing that you’re making a real difference to people’s experiences of illness and in promoting the health of individuals and communities.
OU research reveals the clinical leadership behaviours required to make the NHS reforms work
From April 2013, the Prime Minster wants to see ‘doctors in charge’, with new Clinical Commissioning Groups paving the way. But there has been widespread scepticism about whether GPs and other clinicians are ready for this root-and-branch challenge.
Dementia services were refashioned to make early diagnosis more accessible and sexual health reworked so that everything most patients needed could be provided in one visit to a high street clinic.
These gains were not easily won. The research also found extensive evidence of the scale of the challenges when seeking to overcome inertia. Notably, the obstacles are often to be found among their peers. Trust boards and hierarchies were also seen as frequent drags on innovation. In this context, the research sheds new light on the elusive idea of clinical leadership.
Those hospital doctors and senior nurses showing leadership in service redesign had begun to master a range of political and managerial skills. They developed informal links with staff working in related services, developed ideas for simplifying patient journeys and sought out innovation-minded managers and commissioners to help smooth the way for new more patient-centred arrangements.
The research project identifies and clarifies the kind of skills which will hold the key to successful delivery of the new regime, as well as ways of dealing with colleagues and trust managers who resisted new ideas. However, in all but one of the case studies, the clinicians and managers behind the creation of new service models felt it had been difficult to involve GPs. Clinical leadership was thus coming from the hospital sector. This has implications for the new Clinical Commissioning Groups which will take charge of the largest part of the NHS budget from April.
Talking about how the obstacles can be overcome, Dr Richard Holti a co-researcher on the project said: “Formal project planning is not enough; rather, informal, lateral, leadership is important. This is needed in order to bring along clinical colleagues, to reassure them and to win their cooperation and ideas. The most effective service redesigns were achieved when both of these processes worked in tandem”.
Professor John Storey, who led the project, added: “In general, clinical leadership was found to occur at multiple levels and the role of clinicians in shaping national policy should not be underestimated. Many of the important changes required national endorsement – and often funding – in order to put traction behind good ideas.”
From April 2013, the Prime Minster wants to see ‘doctors in charge’, with new Clinical Commissioning Groups paving the way. But there has been widespread scepticism about whether GPs and other clinicians are ready for this root-and-branch challenge. New research results from the OU funded by the National Institute for Health Research Health Services and Delivery ...
OU students win second place at the RCN Student Nurse of the Year Awards 2012
Orla Mathews and Barry Magee, two nursing students with the OU in Ireland, were awarded at the Nurse of the Year event at the Culloden Hotel, Belfast, on 14 June 2012, to highlight the excellence within nursing in Northern Ireland.
Orla and Barry were nominated for the award in recognition of their research into the patient experience of young people with mental health problems in acute and mental health services. Inspired by their own experiences of caring for young people and realising a need for an examination into how nurses respond to young people with mental health problems, Orla and Barry, through their extensive six-month research project, were able to define key skills and knowledge that will enable practitioners to better meet the needs of this patient group.
Their nominator said: "Orla and Barry have demonstrated exceptional practice, knowledge and enthusiasm in caring for patients, especially those young, vulnerable individuals who are increasing in numbers."
They are continuing their research in the voluntary mental health setting and through their participation in the Guiding Light research project, aimed at finding ways to meet the holistic needs of service users.
John D’Arcy, the Director of the OU in Ireland, said: "This award is a fantastic achievement for our student nurses, Orla and Barry, and speaks volumes about the quality of students at the Open University in Ireland".
Pictured from left to right are Linda Johnston, Barry Magee, Orla Matthews and Janice Smyth.
Two OU students in Ireland were named joint runners up in the RCN (Royal College of Nursing Northern Ireland) Student Nurse of the Year Award 2012 for their research into the patient experience of young people with mental health problems. Orla Mathews and Barry Magee, two nursing students with the OU in Ireland, were awarded at the Nurse of the Year event at the Culloden ...
Helping clinicians delivering end-of-life care...
Lindsay Turton is an OU associate lecturer and Macmillan Lead Nurse for Palliative Care for Hull and East Riding. “Our student cohort can relate the course materials to their clinical practice and to real patients. It’s this experience that informs the students’ study. It’s really good to see that light bulb moment when the students realise the theory they’ve learned really fits with what they are doing in their work,” she says. Here she explains more about her work with the OU’s death and dying course for clinicians delivering end-of-life care in a range of services across the Hull and East Riding…
“It’s an excellent way for clinicians to develop in their skills, and by undertaking this course clinicians have the opportunity to explore the theories around death and dying and apply them to their own practice.
“I am an Open University Associate Lecturer along with my colleague Dawn Robinson, Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist, delivering the OU Death and Dying Course in a unique collaboration between the NHS and the Open University.
“As part of our unique approach to delivery of the course we have our own cohort of students so rather than all learning individually we have organised it so they are all learning together. We’ve had in the past students from community hospitals, nannies from children’s units, hospice nurses and of course community team nurses.
"We bring them together for four tutorial days and they each bring their own experience to their learning, which not only helps them, but the cross fertilisation of thinking means you can see them all learning from each other. The networking and group work at the tutorial days also encourages greater understanding of the different perspectives of staff in many different care delivery settings.
“It’s a very personal approach. We actively recruit through the NHS managers who have identified end of life /palliative care as a desired course within the professional development process and are also approached directly by interested clinicians who work with people who have completed the course and recommended it.
“Management support is an essential element and the NHS organisations commit to the four tutorial days for their staff. Funding currently comes from the Strategic Health Authority.
“We all work within the Hull and East Riding, and our students hand it in their assignments directly to Dawn and myself rather than send it electronically. The students can ring us either in work or out of work if they are struggling or need support. We mark the assignments together and our marking and feedback is monitored through the OU monitor system where we have been consistently praised for the quality of our feedback over 10 years of delivering the course.
“Our student cohort can relate the course materials to their clinical practice and to real patients. It’s this experience that informs the students’ study. It’s really good to see that light bulb moment when the students realise the theory they’ve learned really fits with what they are doing in their work.
“OU study also teaches people to take time out to examine what they are doing. The Death and dying module helps them reflect on their practice and to see how they can work more effectively, it also boosts their confidence by making them appreciate sometimes how well they are doing in practice. This can in turn impact on delivery of care which potentially improves how we do our work – and in end-of-life care, you do only have one chance to get it right.
“An Open University course in the workplace is good for everyone. It is the perfect way for our trusts to develop their staff. Time out of work is minimal – our students had four taught days. The financial and educational outcomes for the student and the employer are excellent. The employer has an efficient workforce that improves skills and learns to analyse how it makes the maximum contribution, and the staff gain knowledge, and confidence.”
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Lindsay Turton is an OU associate lecturer and Macmillan Lead Nurse for Palliative Care for Hull and East Riding. “Our student cohort can relate the course materials to their clinical practice and to real patients. It’s this experience that informs the students’ study. It’s really good to see that light bulb moment when the students realise the theory they’ve ...
Thinking of training for a career in nursing?
“Running a successful adult learning programme is all about taking a non-judgemental view, because this is not about the qualifications they’ve got, but about their potential,” says Jerry Masterson, practice learning facilitator at Leeds Teaching Hospital’s NHS Trust. Jerry recruits staff onto the OU’s pre-registration nursing programme and explains how students are given the support they need to succeed and how he sees, first hand, the OU changing people’s lives. “I’m a believer!” he says…
“My job is all about helping staff to fulfil their potential. I am the employer representative on the Open University’s pre-registration nursing programme, which our Trust has been running since 2006, and I recruit students and ensure they get the best support they can to succeed.
“The Strategic Health Authority pays for the students to study 26 hours a week for the four-year duration of the course. They are assigned a tutor and for the first three months from September to December much of this is paid study leave, so they will be at home developing their study skills. However, in the New Year it becomes much more clinical and much of their study time is spent in practice on a ward. Of course, most of the people on pre-registration nursing courses are already healthcare support workers so they are in familiar surroundings.
“We have 48 students on the course at the moment but because they do come into it so well prepared we only get about one problem student a year. When they’ve completed the course they can register as an adult nurse and apply for qualified nursing status. We can’t guarantee them a job on the ward they trained on but we find that, like in most degree programmes, they tend to specialise as they continue so their fields of interest change.
“The Open University is an excellent way to learn. I’m a believer! My dad could remember the birth of the OU in the 1960s and talked about its optimism and idealism, and I fully believe in that. There are so many people in middle age who are victims of the old 11-plus and the school system, who weren’t given the opportunity to learn, do exams and fulfil their potential. But the OU gave them those opportunities, made them realise they really could achieve great things and made them believe in themselves.”
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“Running a successful adult learning programme is all about taking a non-judgemental view, because this is not about the qualifications they’ve got, but about their potential,” says Jerry Masterson, practice learning facilitator at Leeds Teaching Hospital’s NHS Trust. Jerry recruits staff onto the OU’s pre-registration nursing programme and explains how students ...
Tapping into the talent of healthcare support workers...
Helen Wisdom, employer representative, NHS Shetland, explains why the OU’s pre-registration nursing programme helps tap into the talent of healthcare support workers and develop them without taking them away from their family commitments on the island…
“The real benefit of the programme,” she says, “ is that it allows us to offer access to a pre-registration nursing programme on the island, whilst maintaining links with the OU as a recognised institute for nursing education and development.
“My job is to facilitate students’ learning, ensure appropriate placements and organise mentors for the students among the existing registered nurses.
“The Scottish government funds the places – we advertise the programme among our staff and once we know the number of applicants we can take them through the application process.
'This is a life-changing opportunity that maximises people’s potential by helping them develop personally and progress professionally'
“The students have to fulfil rigorous admission criteria to ensure they are fully prepared to go to this level of study. If accepted they study for 26 hours per week – sometimes it will be studying theory at home, or sometimes in clinical practice – and do their ‘day job’ the rest of the time. We have a Programme Tutor who is employed by The Open University and helps the students complete the portfolios of evidence they need. The quality of the course materials is excellent – the whole programme is really well organised.
“I liaise with the staff tutor at the OU and link with my Director of Nursing to help the programme run smoothly. Our mentors and senior charge nurses have been very supportive in making the programme a success.
“We started the programme back in 2004 and of those who have qualified since, some are now at Band 6 level and many have gone on to do degree level study. This is a life-changing opportunity that maximises people’s potential by helping them develop personally and progress professionally. The OU’s pre-registration nursing programme is an excellent and effective way for us to support professional development for our staff, it works out well for everyone.”
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Helen Wisdom, employer representative, NHS Shetland, explains why the OU’s pre-registration nursing programme helps tap into the talent of healthcare support workers and develop them without taking them away from their family commitments on the island… “The real benefit of the programme,” she says, “ is that it allows us to offer access to a pre-registration ...
Pre-registration nursing course is a 'dream come true' for healthcare assistants in remote areas
The OU’s pre-registration nursing course has been described as a “dream come true” for health care assistants wanting to train as nurses in remote areas. Often faced with having to relocate or travel to train in nursing, Pat Tyrrell, lead nurse at Argyll and Bute Community Health Partnership, in Scotland, explains why the distance learning aspect the OU offers is a perfect fit...
“The Open University’s pre-reg nursing course is a dream come true for health care assistants (HCAs) in an area as remote as ours,” says Pat. “We are in Argyll and Bute, where there have always been so many talented HCAs more than capable of becoming good nurses, but could not train to do so. Before we started working with the OU – about seven years ago – they would have had to travel to another part of Scotland for their training and placements; for many home commitments simply made that impossible.
“However, now it’s a different story. The distance learning aspect of the OU means our HCAs can learn while they are working locally and this has brought opportunities for so many people to achieve their ambition of becoming qualified nurses. Doing the OU’s pre-reg course is the only way that was possible – and of course it’s beneficial not only to the students but also for us, as we have so many more trained nurses!
“Because of the nature of the programme, our students need very supportive families. They are learning nursing skills but there is also an enormous amount of reflection and personal development. This course encourages you to challenge, to question practices and to realise that there are other ways to do things. It changes the way they think. Our students are aged from their 20s to their 40s and as you can imagine, for some people this is like opening a door to a whole new world and they can change – which obviously can put a lot of pressure on families. The students we take on need to be prepared for that change.
'People can study in their place of work which is beneficial for them and beneficial for the partnership'
“However, they get a lot of support from within the partnership, not least from nurses who have already gone through the programme and can help them as they develop.
“In the early days there was a little bit of concern in some areas as to how the programme would work, especially as people have historically had to leave the area to train. But it really has worked very successfully. People can study in their place of work which is beneficial for them and beneficial for the partnership.
“At the end of the course, we work very hard to find jobs for them all. We get qualified nurses and other staff can become programme tutors or course tutors, which helps them keep up to date. It’s a programme that develops everyone.”
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The OU’s pre-registration nursing course has been described as a “dream come true” for health care assistants wanting to train as nurses in remote areas. Often faced with having to relocate or travel to train in nursing, Pat Tyrrell, lead nurse at Argyll and Bute Community Health Partnership, in Scotland, explains why the distance learning aspect the OU offers is a perfect ...
Celebrate Nurses' Day: 12 May
The day first celebrated in 1965 is on the birthday of Florence Nightingale, who is regarded as the founder of nursing. A service will take place at Westminster Abbey on 12 May where a symbolic lamp is passes from one nurse to another, signifying the passing on of knowledge.
To find out more about some of the areas nurses work in, listen to extracts from the OU's Nursing qualifications in the OU's iTunes U:
- Living with visual Impairment
The video tracks on this album simulate what the world looks like to people with a range of visual impairments, and show good practice when acting as a sighted guide. The audio tracks offer personal perspectives from two people living with severe visual impairment. -
Mental Health: Lennox Castle
What was it like living and working in the largest mental deficiency hospital in Britain? And what changes led to its relatively recent closure? Professor Joanna Bornat of The Open University's Faculty of Health and Social Care explains why the case study was selected for study and unpicks some of the issues that emerge. - Looks at the ins-and-outs of family life and caring for children. It draws on interviews with a wide-ranging selection of professionals, from people who deal directly with children at nurseries or schools to those that help shape national policy.
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International Nurses' day takes place around the world and recognises the contribution nurses make in society. The day first celebrated in 1965 is on the birthday of Florence Nightingale, who is regarded as the founder of nursing. A service will take place at Westminster Abbey on 12 May where a symbolic lamp is passes from one nurse to another, ...
Professor Helen King on ancient medicine and the 'flashing midwife'
In this video Helen King, Professor of Classical Studies at the OU, talks to Documentally about ancient medicine and why Gladiator is one of her favourite films.
And here, in Classics Confidential, Professor King talks about the fascinating ancient story of Agnodike ‘the Flashing Midwife’, and its uses by medical practitioners in later eras.
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- Helen is a contributor to the Wonders and Marvels blog, a place for specialists and non-specialists to revel in the stories of the past.
- More about Professor King
- Classical Studies - courses and qualifications
- Classical Studies - taster materials
In this video Helen King, Professor of Classical Studies at the OU, talks to Documentally about ancient medicine and why Gladiator is one of her favourite films. And here, in Classics Confidential, Professor King talks about the fascinating ancient story of Agnodike ‘the Flashing Midwife’, and its uses by medical practitioners in later ...
Nursing dream back on track for Annette and Paula
Annette Kemp has dreamed of becoming a nurse since leaving school. At the age of 47 she began the Open University’s Pre-Registration Nursing degree. Now she is in her final year and the dream is becoming reality. Paula Shaw should have trained as a nurse years ago but is now on the way again and studying on an OU course. Here are two women’s stories and their steps, with the OU’s help, towards fulfilling dreams of nursing careers...
When her youngest started school Annette went to work in a local nursing home and in 1993 she saw an advert for clinical team assistants.
“I started work as a healthcare assistant (HCA) in the emergency department at the then Derbyshire Royal Infirmary,” she said.
She completed an NVQ Level 2 within 18 months and enrolled on every relevant in-house course.
“But although I loved studying I lacked confidence. I felt I was not at all academic."
When the assistant practitioner (AP) role was introduced she put herself forward for the AP course completing the OU’s Introduction to Health and Social Care (then K100) and an in-house competency course.
“K100 was hard work but I persuaded myself I could do it if I really put my mind to it. With the support of my husband, manager, family and friends I passed all the K100 assignments with decent grades and found I missed studying when the course ended,” she said.
'Don't leave it too late - just do it!'
When the opportunity came to apply for the OU’s Pre-Registration Programme she was amazed, delighted and terrified when she was accepted.
“I had wanted to become a nurse since I left school,” she said.
But it was not easy. In the first year her husband had a heart attack and in the second he had a heart bypass.
“I was juggling home, work and carer responsibilities. Wonderful support from my manager, work colleagues and the OU has seen me through some challenging times and there has always been someone to turn to for advice and guidance,” said Annette.
Annette has had clinical placements and worked alongside HCAs, APs, nurses and health teams – a fellow student is one of her daughter’s school friends who used to come to the house for tea.
Her advice to others: “Studying can be hard but it’s worthwhile. I really cannot believe how lucky I am to have the opportunity to become a registered nurse – at last I feel I am achieving my potential and that’s a great feeling. Don’t leave it too late – just do it!”
Paula Shaw, of Loughborough, Leicestershire, left school at 16 and went to college to do a BTEC National Diploma in Social Care. She went to work in a private residential home then in a social services home for older people.
With hindsight Paula realises she should have done her nurse training after the BTEC,
In 2003 and while her children were still young she did an OU Openings course to prepare for nurse training at her local university. In the meantime she started work as a relief care assistant for social services then got a full time post as a Band 2 primary healthcare assistant with the district nursing team in the community.
She attended every in-house training course she could and in 2009 got a Band 3 community support worker post. She planned to start nurse training in September 2010 at her local university but funding for secondments was withdrawn.
Course fees paid for
After that disappointment Paula said an assistant practitioner role seemed like a natural progression and she got a Band 4 AP post.
“I also started the OU course An Introduction to Health and Social Care (K101),” she said.
“I was eligible for financial support so my course fees were paid and I received a grant to cover the cost of a laptop. I was excited when a large box of learning materials was delivered.
“I have been surprised how much I enjoy studying – once I got over the fright of looking at all the assignment titles and convincing myself I would never be able to do any of them! I now realise you have to take one step at a time. There is no need to panic,” she said.
With a full-time job and four children life is hectic.
“After work I sort out the kids and with my husband’s support manage to settle down to study from 7pm, sometimes studying on my day off or at the weekend if an assignment is due, but somehow I manage to fit it all in.”
Paula said K101 helped her stand back and think about what she was doing and why. “I now see things from the patient’s perspective and am more sensitive to their needs,” she said.
K101 is part of the OU’s Certificate of Higher Education in Healthcare Practice, part of the Foundation Degree in Healthcare Practice and the first year of the Pre-Registration Nursing Programme by distance learning.
“I am now thinking about what I will study next and what pathway to pursue,” she added.
Annette Kemp has dreamed of becoming a nurse since leaving school. At the age of 47 she began the Open University’s Pre-Registration Nursing degree. Now she is in her final year and the dream is becoming reality. Paula Shaw should have trained as a nurse years ago but is now on the way again and studying on an OU course. Here are two women’s stories and their steps, with the ...
OU student and OU lecturer scoop RCN Nurse of the Year awards
An OU student and an OU lecturer have been recognised for their outstanding nursing at the Royal College of Nursing Nurse of the Year Awards.
Gavin O'Hare, Associate Lecturer at the OU, and Amanda McWilliams, an OU student, scooped the accolade at an awards ceremony in Belfast.
The award recognises Gavin's work in delivering the Bamford vision of mental health care services providing alternatives to hospital admissions, a reduction in re-admission rates, a strengthening of community care, and a focus on recovery.
At the OU Gavin tutors on two courses in Mental Health: KYN293 and KYN225.
An OU colleague said: "We are very lucky to have Gavin on our teaching team in Northern Ireland and offer him our congratulations. Our students benefit greatly from the experience Gavin has in his role as lead nurse in the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (BHSCT) - well done Gavin!"
The Home Treatment House is a nurse-led, six-bed facility in a multi-cultural residential part of Belfast, staffed by a lead nurse and with 24 hour mental health nursing cover.
Amanda is currently studying towards a BSc in health and social care with the OU.
Find out more about HSc courses at the OU:
- KYN293 Developing mental health nursing practice
- KYN225 Diverse perspectives on mental health
- BSc in health and social care
Pictured top from left are: Christine Jendoubi, DHSSPS; Gavin O’Hare who won the Bamford Vision Award; and Janice Smyth, Director of the RCN in Northern Ireland.
Pictured bottom from left are: Diane Taylor, DHSSPS; Amanda McWilliams, winner of the Health Care Support Worker Award; and Janice Smyth, Director, RCN Northern Ireland.
An OU student and an OU lecturer have been recognised for their outstanding nursing at the Royal College of Nursing Nurse of the Year Awards. Gavin O'Hare, Associate Lecturer at the OU, and Amanda McWilliams, an OU student, scooped the accolade at an awards ceremony in Belfast. Gavin is a lecturer and lead nurse with the Belfast Home Treatment House and won the Bamford Vision ...
Diabetes Week 2011
12-18 June 2011 is Diabetes Week, the annual awareness and fundraising week organised by Diabetes UK.
At least 171 million people worldwide have diabetes and this figure is set to double by 2030. This chronic condition, which occurs when the body cannot produce or effectively use the insulin it needs, can be the cause of many serious health complications leading, amongst other problems, to blindness, foot ulcers and kidney failures.
OpenLearn and iTunes U both features a host of content around diabetes including what happens during an annual diabtetes check-up, retina and foot examinations for diabetes patients, measuring blood pressure. You can also delve into the LearningSpace and try a free study unit introducing the parts of the body and the processes involved in the development of diabetes.
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- Find out more about diabetes on OpenLearn
- Listen to audio tracks on diabetes care on iTunes U
- Study with the OU - Diabetes care
12-18 June 2011 is Diabetes Week, the annual awareness and fundraising week organised by Diabetes UK. At least 171 million people worldwide have diabetes and this figure is set to double by 2030. This chronic condition, which occurs when the body cannot produce or effectively use the insulin it needs, can be the cause of many serious health complications leading, amongst ...
OU student nurse takes centre stage at Westminster Abbey
Student nurses from across the country - including the Open University's Donna Goodman and Lisa Allen from Northern Ireland - attended a prestigious service in Westminster Abbey to commemorate Florence Nightingale, the most famous nurse in history.
Donna joined 2,500 nurses and midwives at the ceremony in May and was one ofjust 22 who took part in the Procession of the Lamp, dressed in full uniform.
Pictured are nursing students Lisa Allen and Donna Goodman with Mary Hawthorne, associate lecturer; Ida Foster, staff tutor, and middle and Donna Gallagher, staff tutor.
Student nurses from across the country - including the Open University's Donna Goodman and Lisa Allen from Northern Ireland - attended a prestigious service in Westminster Abbey to commemorate Florence Nightingale, the most famous nurse in history. Donna joined 2,500 nurses and midwives at the ceremony in May and was one ofjust 22 who took part in the Procession of the ...
National Nurses Day 12 May 2011
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National Nurses Day takes place on 12 May 2011 and celebrates the vital work nurses do which, includes those who have gained their nursing qualifications with the OU. The internationally recognised day showcases all that is good about nurses and nursing. Nurses day takes place annually on the birth date of Florence Nightingale who, many recognise as the founder of modern ...
30th International Human Science Research Conference
Intertwining body-self-world
Hosted by the Department of Psychology, The Open University
The International Human Sciences Research Conference (IHSRC) first met in 1982 at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. Since then it has met annually in over ten different countries and we are proud to be hosting the 30th IHSRC in the UK in 2011.
The conference is an opportunity to explore the use of qualitative methods in the study of human nature. There has been a strong phenomenological tradition at the heart of the IHSRC but researchers from other qualitative traditions also frequently attend and are very welcome.
Indeed, constructive dialogue and debate across a broad spectrum of qualitative perspectives has very much been central to the Human Sciences tradition. Naming the conference 'Human Sciences' back in 1982 was provocative and remains so today but as Giorgi (2010) puts it in his historical account of the conference: "the idea of science was to be preserved because no contradiction was perceived between science and qualitative methods even if the sense of rigor in studying qualitative aspects of phenomena would be different".
Participants are welcome from all disciplines, whether this be psychology, education, sociology, nursing or any other relevant disciplinary tradition, in which researchers seek to qualitatively explore human meaning and experience.
See the Conference website for full details of speakers, abstract submission information and registration.
The conference will be held at St Catherine's College, Oxford, UK.
Intertwining body-self-world Hosted by the Department of Psychology, The Open University The International Human Sciences Research Conference (IHSRC) first met in 1982 at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. Since then it has met annually in over ten different countries and we are proud to be hosting the 30th IHSRC in the UK in 2011. The conference is an opportunity to ...
Am I dying? Lisa Maclean on the breast cancer patient she thinks about every day
A video for International Women's Day 2011... Lisa Maclean, a Senior Lecturer in Nursing with the OU's Faculty of Health and Social Care, shares a moving memory of the 19-year-old breast cancer patient who taught her how to be a genuine nurse.
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A video for International Women's Day 2011... Lisa Maclean, a Senior Lecturer in Nursing with the OU's Faculty of Health and Social Care, shares a moving memory of the 19-year-old breast cancer patient who taught her how to be a genuine nurse. Useful links Study with the OU - Nursing Study with the OU - Health and Social Care 2.625 Average: 2.6 (8 ...
OU student nurse helps heart attack victim
A student nurse with The Open University has been praised after helping a man who collapsed with a heart attack.
Claire Thomas, 43, was in the right place at the right time when she help resuscitate a man from Keynsham, near Bristol, who fell ill while buying a newspaper.
The man’s wife was so grateful to “mystery nurse” Claire that she appealed via BBC News for her to come forward and the pair were later united over the airwaves of BBC Radio Bristol.
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Picture: Student nurse Claire Thomas with heart attack victim Bill Hardingham in hospital.
A student nurse with The Open University has been praised after helping a man who collapsed with a heart attack. Claire Thomas, 43, was in the right place at the right time when she help resuscitate a man from Keynsham, near Bristol, who fell ill while buying a newspaper. The man’s wife was so grateful to “mystery nurse” Claire that she ...
