workshops

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workshops

Don't forget that the principal aim of the conference is to establish important linkages between research students and eminent senior researchers that will nurture the careers of aspiring researchers and support the development of collaborative research across the College of Health Sciences in the immediate future, and in years to come.

• To stimulate ways of thinking that are collegiate, multi-disciplinary and problem-based as a platform for on-going collaborative research,
• To foster networking and encourage aspiring researchers to learn from, and pair with, established and successful mentors,
• To raise awareness of the range of opportunities for collaboration across the College and establish infrastructure to provide on-going support to the development of collaborative research in the College of Health Sciences,
• To discuss responses to local, national and global changes in the nature of research in the early 21st century.

The following sessions are being considered by the organising committee:-

Collaborative Problem Solving - How does collaborative problem solving work?? How can you use it to advance your research?? This workshop focuses on collaborative approaches to solving problems posed by other delegates. The best, most innovative, imaginative, inclusive and entertaining solutions - and problems (see competitions below) - will be in the running for prizes and glory.

Future of Research - Where to in 10 years' time? - A workshop focused on the careers of upcoming researchers. Presenters will span many different disciplines and include people who have strayed from the well-trodden academic career path, who have creatively approached difficult circumstances resulting in novel and interesting careers.

SPIN Plus, Smarts & Genius - Make sure you are in the loop for research funding. Research funding is so tight these days, in this workshop you will find out how to access the funding sources relevent to you. SPIN is an on-line database of research of funding; SMARTS is an electronic matching and funding opportunity notification system; GENIUS is a global WWW expertise profiling system. Together, SPIN, SMARTS and GENIUS allow researchers to generate a personal profile, incorporating SPIN keywords. When these SPIN keywords correspond with those in a researcher's personal profile, the researcher is emailed directly with information on funding opportunities in the SPIN database, as they become available or updated. The workshop will demonstrate the application of these technologies to collaborative research using real data provided by delegates.

Pain Management - A cross-disciplinary approach to current issues arising from the management of pain.

IT in Research - How can you make IT work better for you, what are the latest research techniques and arising issues. This workshop examines the influence the latest innovations in IT have on research including:-

• bioinformatics and the human genome
• the impact of the internet on the dissemination of information (eg, pre-publishing, e-journals, etc.)
• the impact of information science on research literature and literature searching, and
• tele-medicine and tele-research, etc.

Rural Health Workshop - A cross-disciplinary approach to the particular issues arising from the delivery of health services in the rural setting.

sessions

Leadership Sessions - High profile researchers talk on how they made it, how they maintain large and productive collaborative research teams, how they attract and fund PhD students, etc.

competitions

Problem Solving Workshop - Is there a pressing health problem (real or fictitious) that has multiple intersections with disciplines across faculties in the College of Health Sciences and that could evoke a multi-disciplinary response? Is there a problem/question/issue you have always wondered about but have never really thought through???

Yes! Well submit your question and be in the running for prizes being awarded to the best, most innovative, imaginative, inclusive and entertaining questions. Competition only open to staff and students of the Faculties within the College of Health Sciences.

hypotheticals

Along the lines of the well known hypotheticals hosted by Geoffrey Robinson QC.

Fast Tracking Drugs - A serious hypothetical examining the issues in the commercialisation of drugs involving key individuals from the industry, research and the health professions.

What the Professions Really think about One Another - A humorous hypothetical revealing what health professions really think of each other (eg, what do doctors really think about nurses, pharmacists about dentists, etc.). The hypothetical will expose and, hopefully, dispel myths that inhibit collaboration between the professions.