Medicine and Health

Comparing paramedic models of pre-hospital critical care

Christian Wiggin, a paramedic from Devon, travelled to Australia and New Zealand to study critical care delivered by paramedics. He will use his findings to support the...

The future of UK Infection Care for Immunocompromised Hosts

Effrossyni Gkrania-Klotsas, a medical consultant from Cambridge, travelled to the USA to study the treatment of infections following organ transplants. She will use her...

FGM; how healthcare professionals from affected communities are supported

Astrid Fairclough, an NHS programme director from Swanage, Dorset, travelled to Kenya, Egypt, Sierra Leone and Australia to learn how the End FGM projects are being...

An exploration of best practice to support critical illness survivorship

Dr Pamela Page, a critical care nurse academic from Essex, travelled to Australia, New Zealand and the USA to investigate support for people who have survived critical...

Small scale Sustainable Herb Farming: Lessons from France and Australia

Bryony Allwood, a qualified medical herbalist from Hull, travelled to Australia and France to explore sustainable, small scale herb farming. She will develop a pilot...

Incentives and levers for digitising and integrating primary care in New Zealand, Australia and the USA – lessons for the UK NHS

Dimitri Varsamis, a health policy worker from London, travelled to Australia, New Zealand and the USA to explore the use of digital technology in primary healthcare. He...

Understanding the role of the 'talking circle' in enhancing well-being

Sophie Redlin, a General Practitioner from London, travelled to the USA to investigate the impact of American Indian and Alaska Native 'talking circles' on the...

Exploring wider aspects of managing a growing epidemic-childhood obesity.

Mars Skae, a medical consultant from Manchester, travelled to the USA to study responses to childhood obesity. She will use her findings to inform strategies for...

Exploring the efficacy of Advanced Practice in physiotherapy: an international comparison

Hannah Morley, an Advanced Practice Physiotherapist and First Contact Practitioner from Gloucestershire and Bristol, travelled to Australia and New Zealand to research...

Diagnostic Nurse-led Ultrasound in Tertiary Care: Training and Implementation Strategies

Eleanor Corcoran, a senior research nurse from London, travelled to Australia to research the use of ultrasound by nurses working in critical care. She will use her...

Using the humanities to change medical education

Ian Sabroe, a clinician and researcher from Sheffield, travelled to the USA to investigate the benefits of incorporating humanities learning into medical education. He...

Alternatives to institutional care for older people

Rebecca Jarvis, a health policy worker from London, travelled to Japan and New Zealand to research support for older people that allows them to remain in their own home....

Re:Mind Space - Learning from Dementia in Japan

Jack Sardeson is an architect and researcher specialising in healthcare and neuroscience. He travelled to Japan to investigate how alternative care typologies might be...

End of life in prison

Maggie Bolger, from Cardiff, travelled to the USA to explore approaches to end-of-life care for elderly prisoners. She is currently Head of Talent Management, Succession...

Learning from the introduction of Pre Exposure Prophylaxis

Daniella de Block Golding, a junior doctor from London, travelled to South Africa and the USA to investigate new treatments for people at high risk of contracting HIV.

Third sector contribution to the 'Buurtzorg' model of care

Chloe Reeves, a consultancy director from St. Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, travelled to Sweden and the Netherlands to explore new models of person-centred health and...

Rapid drug screening for multi-drug resistant Tuberculosis: A deadly disease

Samantha Donnellan, a post-doctoral research associate from Liverpool, travelled to South Africa and the USA to investigate new approaches to testing drug treatments for...

Embedding Public Health skills into nursing practice

Anne Mills, a nurse, midwife and specialist public health practitioner from Sturminster Newton, Dorset, travelled to Canada to explore approaches to embedding public...

A comparative exploration of midwifery education in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand

Cathryn Britton, a senior lecturer in Midwifery from York, travelled to Australia and New Zealand to explore best practice in midwifery education.

Involvement: shaping a new conversation with the public

Michelle Tennyson, a public health policy worker from Belfast, travelled to the USA to research public involvement in shaping health services.

Bringing meaning and purpose in community health & wellbeing

Karen Leach, a health and social care service manager from Guernsey, travelled to New Zealand and the USA to study models of health and social care which promote purpose...

Reducing the harms of Lyme disease in Scotland's Western Isles

Isabell MacInnes, a nurse from the Isle of South Uist, Scotland, travelled to Canada, France and the USA to investigate strategies for tackling lyme disease.

Empowering individuals to live well with cancer related cognitive changes

Tamsin Longley, an occupational therapist from Brixton, travelled to Australia, Canada and the USA to research support for individuals affected by Cancer Related...

Delivering healthcare to refugees and asylum seekers: Learning from general practice in Sweden, Germany and Italy

Jessica Smith from Greater Manchester, formerly of the Care Quality Commission and now a Principal Researcher at Greater Manchester Combined Authority, travelled to...

Improving care for people with hearing loss, tinnitus and dementia

Justine Sweet, from Tadworth, is Head of Audiology, ENT and Oral Services with Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. She travelled to the USA to look into improving...

Effective strategies to manage bullying in the healthcare workforce

Malcolm Wright, from Edinburgh, and Chief Executive of NHS Grampian in Scotland, travelled to the USA to research effective strategies aimed at tackling bullying in the...

Blood glucose awareness training in type 1 diabetes

Gayle Richards, a Lead Diabetes Specialist Nurse from Woolacombe, Devon, travelled to the Netherlands and the USA to investigate training for health professionals in...

Microbiological Contamination Control in Aseptic Processing: A US perspective

Lucy Morton, a trainee clinical pharmaceutical scientist from Bolton, travelled to the USA to study methods of monitoring and preventing microbiological contamination in...

Gender Reaffirmation Surgery in Helsinki

Dr Michael Ng, a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon from Glasgow, travelled to Finland to study best practice in gender reaffirmation surgery services.

Generating innovative biological tools to assess lipid-sensing immune cells

Dr Kristin Ladell, a Clinical Senior Lecturer at Cardiff University, who travelled to Australia to investigate innovative biological tools to assess lipid-sensing immune...

New video techniques for diagnosing stroke in patients with vertigo

David Jay, a Clinical Scientist in Audiology from Manchester, travelled to the USA to study new video technology for diagnosing strokes.

Secondary stroke prevention: Developing a health enhancing lifestyle clinic for individuals with stroke

Dr James Faulkner, a Senior Lecturer at Winchester University, travelled to Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands and Sweden to research exercise and education programmes...

Optimizing light exposure to improve health and well-being

Linda Geddes, a freelance science journalist from Bristol, travelled to Denmark, Germany, Norway Sweden and the USA to explore ways of optimising light exposure to...

Can't see a GP? More medical students choosing a career as a GP

Dr Maryanne Freer, a doctor from Northumberland, travelled to Canada to research initiatives aimed at increasing the numbers of medical students choosing careers as GPs.

Delivering Healthcare to Homeless People: Lessons from Scandinavia and the USA

Rachel Brennan, from Manchester, and Homeless Team Leader for Urban Village Medical Practice, travelled to Norway, Denmark and the USA to investigate practices aimed at...

Norway's pioneering approach to drug addictions: lessons for the UK?

Dr Joseph Malone, a doctor from Lymm, travelled to Norway to research their pioneering approach to drug addictions.

Organ Donation: Breaking Taboos Amongst British BAME Communities

Nishtha Chugh is an online journalist and producer from London. Nishtha travelled to India, Israel, Qatar and the USA to investigate breaking the taboos against organ...

Best Practices in The Integration of Hospital Clowns into the Healthcare Environment

Suzanna Ferguson, a freelance Hospital Clown from Glasgow, travelled to Argentina, Portugal and Spain to explore the integration of Hospital Clowns into healthcare units.

Influenza Vaccination: Protecting Healthcare Workers And Those In Their Care

Nicola Meredith, a specialist immunisation nurse from Cardiff, travelled to New Zealand to look into ways of improving the flu vaccine uptake in healthcare workers.

NHS in Transition: Patient Centred Digital Health and Personalised Care

Dr Tim Robbins, a junior doctor from Leamington Spa, travelled to the USA to explore patient-centred digital health and personalised care.

Multi-disciplinary simulation and learning for patient safety

Dr Elizabeth Berragan, an associate professor in nursing from Gloucester, travelled to Australia to explore multi-disciplinary simulation and learning for patient safety.

How can we learn better from healthcare harm?

Dr Suzanne Shale, from London, is an independent consultant in healthcare ethics. Suzanne travelled to Canada and the USA to study ways of improving investigations in...

Creating legacy projects with patients in hospital, hospice and home

Learning from large-scale health communication projects in New York City

Prof. Tracey Howe, from Glasgow, is Deputy Chair of Glasgow City of Science. She travelled to the USA to learn from large-scale health communication projects in New York...

Lift the Lip: an assessment tool for childhood dental decay

Mary Wilson, a specialty trainee in dental public health from Swansea, travelled to Australia and New Zealand to investigate an assessment tool for childhood dental decay.

Arthroplasty Rehabilitation Framework

Senga Cree, from Prestwick, is the National Lead for NHS Scotland's Musculoskeletal & Ortho Programme. She travelled to Japan and the USA to research the...

Hope is not a plan: Can healthcare in the UK learn from other safety critical industries?

Professor Alison Leary, from Southwark, is Chair of Healthcare and Workforce Modelling at South Bank University. Alison travelled to Switzerland and the USA to find out...

Best practice for deaf children from Auditory Verbal centres overseas

Rosemary Richardson, a speech and language therapist from Bicester, will be travelling to Australia and New Zealand to visit and learn from Auditory Verbal centres for...

Palliative caregivers programme

Ann-Marie Todd, a specialty doctor in palliative medicine from Dundee, will be travelling to Singapore to study their Palliative Caregivers Programme, a training...

Real-time functional imaging and neurofeedback for tailored psychiatric treatment

Cassandra Gould is a Research Fellow in Clinical Medicine from Brighton. She will be travelling to the Netherlands to investigate real-time functional imaging and...

Using social media tools and technologies to reduce health disparities

Steven Wilson, a senior programme manager from East Kilbride, travelled to the USA to investigate using social media tools and technologies to reduce health disparities.

Assessing outcomes of surgery in patients with facial deformity

Allan Ponniah, a reconstructive surgeon from Camden, will be travelling to France, the Netherlands and Japan to examine ways of assessing outcomes of surgery in patients...

Better research & better palliative care for people with disabling breathlessness

Miriam Johnson, a professor of palliative medicine from Hull, will be travelling to Australia to explore better research and better palliative care for people with...

Exploring the hospitalist movement in the USA

Tehmeena Khan, a special registrar in acute medicine from Dagenham, will be travelling to the USA to learn from the hospitalist movement in some of America's top...

Project Angel Food

Zoe Barber, a surgical registrar from Royal Wootton Bassett, will be travelling to the USA to investigate Project Angel Food, which delivers nutritious meals to the...

Health improvement in radiotherapy: a strategy to improve UK practice

Laura Pattinson, a lecturer from Retford, will be travelling to Canada to investigate health improvement in radiotherapy.

The role of the physiotherapist within multidisciplinary tracheostomy care teams

Gavin Straffon, a senior physiotherapist from Nottingham, will be travelling to Australia and the USA to research the role of the physiotherapist within...

Live well; die gently: improving palliative care services

Anne-Maria Olphert, a chief nurse from Leicester, will be travelling to New Zealand to explore best practice in palliative care services.

Determining whether faith-based health strategies improve bowel cancer outcomes among UK Muslims

Dr Fareed Iqbal travelled to Saudi Arabia and the US to determine whether faith-based strategies improve bowel cancer outcomes among UK Muslims.

Barriers to HIV testing in African men: causes and consequences

Behind The Wall: breaking barriers to supporting those subject to domestic violence

Reducing unnecessary adult deaths in acute hospitals: The Australian experience

An exploration of comprehensive cancer survivorship care models

There is no formalised method of follow up care for patients who have completed treatment for haematological cancers in the UK. Australia and Canada have well...