Educators and trainees are warmly invited to attend the Research for Clinicians event titled ‘How to make career transitions’ on the morning of Thursday 5 November 2020 online.
The event, sponsored by QUB, UMS and NIMDTA, lasts a half day and is free of charge to attend. It is open to all Foundation, Medical Specialty, Dental Core and Specialty, and GP trainees to attend whether you want to find out about research opportunities or have a definite plan to do research which you want to discuss with a senior QUB researcher. It is recommended that trainees apply for study leave to attend this event. Click here to view the programme for the day.
Following guest speakers, presentations will be delivered by doctors and dentists in training, with judging and prize giving for the best presentations. This is an excellent opportunity for doctors and dentists in training to present their original work in the form of clinical, basic science and educational studies, quality improvement, clinical case reports and dental research. Click here to view a summary of the presentations and winners from 2019.
Submission of original work is welcome from current NIMDTA trainees, doctors and dentists who have trained in NI during 2019– 2020 (whose submission is based on work undertaken during their training) and doctors in training elsewhere who are members of the Ulster Medical Society.
Each abstract must indicate one category under which the submission will be considered. The submission categories are:
• Basic Science Research
• Case Report/Case Series
• Clinical Research
• Dental Research
• Quality Improvement/Patient Safety
• Studies in Medical Education
Submissions must be sent on the Abstract Form to ValuedTrainees@hscni.net by 5pm on Thursday 17 September 2020. Submissions must be no longer than 200 words long and adhere to the following structure:
• Basic Science or Clinical Research or Educational Research – Title, Introduction, Aims, Methods, Results and Discussion
• Case reports/Case Studies – Title, Introduction, Description of case/case series, Discussion
• Quality Improvement – Title, Problem, Strategy for change, Measurement of Improvement, Effects of change, Discussion
All trainees must indicate whether they want their submission to be considered for oral presentation, poster presentation or both. The abstract must be no longer than 200 words and contain no tables or diagrams at the submission stage.
Trainees will be notified of the outcome of their submission by Friday 16 October 2020. Instructions regarding how presentations will be delivered online will be provided to trainees who have had their abstracts accepted for oral or poster presentation.
To book on for the full event, please BOOK HERE
