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Barriers to HIV testing in African men: causes and consequences

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...

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 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...

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...

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.

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.

Supporting clients to live when suicide is an option

I travelled to North America, to attend an International conference on Suicide Prevention and to meet and learn from other experts in this field. ...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

Creating legacy projects with patients in hospital, hospice and home

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Reducing unnecessary adult deaths in acute hospitals: The Australian experience

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.

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.