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So the last face-face (at>2m)teaching of our 19-20 final yr
@QUBMedEd
medics. We all salute the entire year as they embark early on their career as junior Drs. As with all final yr medics across the UK & beyond-look after them, look after each other-we’re just so proud of you all
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So 25 yrs ago (yikes - a quarter of a century 😬) more or less to the day - this bunch of young doctors graduated at
@QUBelfast
- how time flies. Many fond memories. (PS
@QUBMedEd
can you spot some familiar faces?!)
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Very stark figures
In 2021:391 Irish doctor obtained temp work visas for Australia
2022:402 have applied for temp visas
Ireland has ‘750 Medical graduates per year’
#HealthSystem
is only as strong as it’s
#HealthWorkforce
Important work by
@humphries_niamh
#RCPINED2022
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Shout out to the large number of
@QUBMedEd
@publichealthni
medical students helping at the various COVID vaccine clinics across Northern Ireland (during the Christmas break)
@DrNeilK
Their efforts - helping to extend the capacity to vaccinate our communities
#GetBoostedNI
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Big emotional day - first day of big school.....were does the time go. I coped....just about by the way 😬
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Words can’t convey how humbled+proud we are of our med students. Somethings just can’t go online. Credit to those involved in delivering acute care skills training to our final yrs in a safe/supportive fashion👏
@BigIanbo
Academics, profess support, admin, cleaners
#BetterTogether
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‘So daddy-who was John Hume?’
‘He was a peacemaker that worked tirelessly to create the peaceful place you call home. He did so with great grace & intellect-despite many people not agreeing with him. He helped make the impossible a reality’
‘He was a special man’
#RIPJohnHume
RIP John Hume.
"The EU is the best example in the history of the world of conflict resolution."
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Very proud to announce that the
#Erskinehousetree
🌲 is N Irelands
@WoodlandTrust
#treeoftheyear
🎉
A very uplifting & humbling project to be part of. Huge thanks to those that voted and the dedicated team
#hope
just got a lot stronger
#giftoflife
#lovequbtree
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My goodness-what a day. Consently reminded how privalged I am to work with such special people, friends, students+patients. Inaugurals are quite nerve wrecking but made easier by their support. PS Still haven’t shaken my imposter syndrome PPS the two slides that meant most to me
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Oh the joys of qualitative research. Reviewer asks why we didn't 'measure the magnitude' of change on a scale in our phenomenological study.....
@drjennyjohnston
I think we need a coffee to resettle myself?!
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Shout out to many members of our local simulation community in Northern Ireland presenting research at
#SESAM2023
@SESAMSimulation
✅ 16 presentations
✅ 6 workshops
✅ InterProfessional
✅ All learning Better Together
@SimEdRBHSC
@QUBInterSim
@_NIMDTA
@QUBMedEd
@QUBSONM
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There are Tuesdays & then there are special Tuesdays
Our very own Margaret Sterling received her BEM honour at Hillsborough Castle today
Margaret is 1 in a million
Lots of love to Margaret, Wesley & family from her colleagues & students on this special day
@QUBMedEd
@QUBelfast
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@rachelmillar_
Well done Rachel and to all of you colleagues. We live in challenging times - but you all are a ray of sunshine to us academics - we are all very proud of you all!
#NextGenerationOfDoctors
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Bursting with pride for
@_SarahOHare
in 🏆 the prestigious John Horder award
@RoySocMed
@CAIPEUK
Her work explores how IPE simulation can transform team/organisational change in general practice
@richardlconn
🙏🏼to all who supported Sarah on the way-you know who you are!
#GPARTs
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First time in Maastricht 🇳🇱 and blown away by this beautiful city. People so friendly and full of fun. Impromptu bike tour by this pair
@pim_teu
and
@erikwdriessen
- we followed the
@LingardLorelei
route and even made it to Belgium 🇧🇪
Safe to say….I’ll be back…
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As a GP and son of a nurse, solidarity with our nursing colleagues and the professional/measured/factual response by
@patcullen9
- regarding these disrespectful comments by Mike Fabricant. Such comments are unacceptable
The letter has also been sent to the party Chairman Oliver Dowden. The College will await the response on behalf of their half million respected nursing (voting) members.
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Very slick service at
@QUBelfast
asymptomatic COVID testing centre. Process < 10mins, friendly and result in less than 1 hr. Placing an additional step in addition to all of the other measures in keeping ourselves safe
@QUBstaff
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Needs must. Requiring to calculate correct ‘worming dose’ and needing an accurate weight. Cooking scales saved the day (and all properly cleaned up afterwards). Heavier than we thought
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Thinking about all of our wonderful finals years; nearly there and the very best of luck for next week
@gluke73
@apis_melissa_NI
@Janet_RogersNI
@davinacassidy
@drjamesreid
@BigIanbo
@SteveHarte
@QUBMedEd
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Pretty much every working day I pass a local COVID testing centre (over the last 20 months). Today I have never seen the queue as long. Please, please get vaccinated and don't let up on the prevention measures.
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Special moment (that has been 5yrs in the making) to meet some of our patient group-who helped us in the design of our new
@QUBInterSim
+ provide a guided tour of the new building.
@JoAnne_Dobson
& Philip Reilly
#InterSim
#PersonCentred
#Simulation
@MHLSQUB
@QUBMedEd
@QUBelfast
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Words can’t say how proud I am of
#TeamCSEC
3yrs in the planning for our new
#CSEC
Then since the pandemic
•Managing the build
•teaching important
#clinicalskills
safely f2f
•then relocating to our new space
...all with a smile
(More to follow in new yr about new location)
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Long day but just in awe of the incredible work happening in our Sim community. Over 150 delegates, 50 abstracts & 1 common purpose:
✅to harness simulation to further drive safe, effective & kind care
Thank you to one & all for making today so special. Now to get my feet up…
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Thank you for sharing
@CanadaPaintings
Sadly, Milt passed away this week. He was one of the most gentle/humble human beings you will ever meet
This painting takes me back to special times with Milt portaging in Killarney Pk, ON🇨🇦 Fond memories, & paintings, of a life well lived
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So as the week concludes-what a joy it was to have students back in CSEC/CME. It has been a herculean effort by all to plan/prepare for teaching safely during COVID. But seeing the excitement & joy in their learning-makes it all worthwhile. Feeling proud of entire
@QUBMedEd
team
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So first ever remote teaching today
@QUBMedEd
Medical students just a joy to teach. Full credit to
@DrHelenReid
@Cathleen_Agnew
for making it happen
In order to smooth over that’awkward time’ while waiting for all to log on-I did this. No one recognised the image/music
#IFeelOld
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Oh the irony....I’m presenting on behalf of the team’s work.
@drjennyjohnston
@DrHelenReid
@drgkearney
on our simulacrum paper and it’s a virtual avatar based conference
#hyperreal
@purdy_eve
@SocraticEM
....of course this avatar is close to the original!
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Warmest congrats *Dr* Linda Ní Chianáin
#PhD
officially positive! 🎉 Immense pleasure to supervise (with
@drjennyjohnston
) Would do it again in a heartbeat. Her work is invaluable in how best we work with
#SimulatedParticipants
#personcentred
(+lego bookends to the journey⬇️!)
Interested in undertaking a PhD in medical education? Keen to challenge yourself + be part of a flourishing education research group
#SERN
?
@QUBelfast
If so, have a 👀 here
👇
#meded
#simulation
@drjennyjohnston
@DrGerryG
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Long, long day ending on a high. Not often you get to appear on a ‘cup’ with this wonderful pair! Closing the circle 8 years after the original photo was taken
PS limited edition of 3 cups and all taken!
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Big welcome to our
@QUBMedEd
student doctor
@janebailie
on her summer elective
@CarryduffS
. Busy busy day, but great team work, lots of active learning….
#FutureIsBright
in their hands
#NextGeneration
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Fabulous talk by Susan Yoong on the impressive Major Trauma Unit at the RVH and how they are making a huge impact for our population and patients. Full credit to all involved
#collborativecare
@qubscrubs
#EMC2022
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Huge thank you to all the staff at RBHSC ED
@BelfastTrust
who treated my son tonight. Exemplary care by the friendliest staff you could ever meet
#NHSsuperheros
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A heart felt congratulations to our final year medical students who now start their careers as junior doctors. Welcome to the medical family. We are so immensely proud of you all
#LoveQUB
#Colleague
Catch up with the video 📹 of
@QUBelfast
final year medics marking their transition into practice by taking the
#SponsioAcademica
. Sorry about the earlier technical glitches.
📺
@WWIEM_QUB
@MHLSQUB
@QUBMedEd
#LoveQUB
|
#NHSHeroes
|
#ClassOf2020
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Just sent an old friend a get well soon card who is struggling with mental illness. Individuals with mental illness receive far fewer messages of support than those with physical health issues-yet 8/10 say receiving a 'Get well' card would improve their recovery
#reducethestigma
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As is tradition for
@QUBMedEd
doctoral students (& a rite of passage) no better place for
@houton_paula
to be awarded her Lego Doctorate award
@SESAMSimulation
#SESAM2023
Many congrats Paula from your proud supverisors
@DrHelenReid
and colleagues who supported you on the way!
The entire
@QUBMedEd
team are over the moon with this
@asmeofficial
award. Huge kudos to
@drjennyjohnston
in her
#HealthProfessionEducation
Research Community Leadership+our
#PhD
#PGR
(
#lego
) (and to be) graduates, supervisors, admin support & School/Centre leadership!
@QUBelfast
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So got the Chrimbo decorations down from the loft tonight. This little bedraggled robin decoration is over 80 years of age (was my mums as a child) and has never missed a Christmas in that time. So much nostalgia wrapped up in one little decoration 🎄
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Words fail me….actually really saddened to see this and hard to listen to……especially in light of all of the suffering over the last 15 months.
Van Morrison and Ian Paisley Jr would like you to know Robin Swann "is very dangerous", and they'd like you to know it repeatedly
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Today is a good day
@_SarahOHare
shone in her MD viva😊
🙏🏼 to
@MedEdClare
@AileenCreedon
for your professional & engaging viva
Words can’t express how proud
@richardlconn
@AKajamaa
& I are
🙏🏼 to the community who supported Sarah on the way
#transformation
#sim
#GPARTs
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What a delight it was to work with
@nmclaughlin18
@Janet_RogersNI
@_johndarcy
on this study
@STEL_BMJ
on harnessing VR to provide med students an embodied experience of hearing impairment (as a patient)+critically adapt their approach to consulting as a GP
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As tradition in our
#MedEd
research group-the official passing over of your
#AcademicLego
figure on successfully passing your PhD
@richardlconn
🎉
We may not be the biggest
#MedEd
group but we are massively proud of our students 👊
#PhDchat
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A big shout out to our
@UlsterUniMed
student Katie Whitburn in
@CarryduffS
& her awesome QI project. Developing a suite of instructional videos (accessed via QR codes) for healthcare students to enhance their learning experience while in GP and feeling part of the team
#TeamGP
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Heard repeatedly today from students
‘I’ve always wanted to ask…’
a nice outcome of the psychological safety that can be created in simulation (and many other forms of teaching) to allow students to freely ask questions
The small things can be extraordinary in learning…..
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Had to be done….
#OpenWaterSwimming
cold but exhilarating. Encouraged by a veteran swimmer in her 80’s ‘you’ll be grand….at least it’s not December…!’
#IntoTheWest
#Galway
#WildAtlanticWay
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In the busyness of everything - it’s important to take a moment to pause, gather and natter 😊 (and celebrate one of your colleagues achievements 👑)
Very proud of this little team 😊
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The entire
@QUBMedEd
team are over the moon with this
@asmeofficial
award. Huge kudos to
@drjennyjohnston
in her
#HealthProfessionEducation
Research Community Leadership+our
#PhD
#PGR
(
#lego
) (and to be) graduates, supervisors, admin support & School/Centre leadership!
@QUBelfast
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I have a profound respect for
#bees
but this book ‘A string in the tale’
@DaveGoulson
has taken me to a new level (first published in 2013 & only taken me 8yrs to discover this gem) Captivating & well worth the read
@RDFallis
@Lewis_Derv
@MurphingtonPost
@SharonMArcher
#bumblebee
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So packing up before I move office and came across this antiquity.... younger educators will never know the pain of getting slides ready and the spatial challenge of getting them the correct way round in the projector 😬
#HowWeveMovedOn
#meded
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It’s good to be back……it’s been too long. Just nothing beats the cinematic experience
@QFTBelfast
‘First cow’: tender movie set in the American frontier - exploring capitalism, friendship and survival
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One of the real joys of being an academic - is to see the next generation of academics develop. With
@drjennyjohnston
@nigelhart
and myself - we have been honoured to be part of
@drgkearney
and
@AnnalisaManca
#MedEd
PhDs.
#WouldDoItAllAgain
@QUBMedEd
@QUBelfast
#IE
#CP
#phdchat
...and this is me attending graduation from my parents’ living room. Hope to be able to celebrate in person soon
@nigelhart
@DrGerryG
@drjennyjohnston
@drgkearney
@banaltra_glas
and all the PhARM!
@QUBMedEd
@QUBelfast
#Graduation2020
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Restorative lunch time woodland walk with my co-worker Archie. Much needed
#wellbeing
Now back at our remote desk....
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Announcing our next official ‘Lego’ PhD graduation from our
#HPE
Ph(arm) (now Dr x2 😊)
@GailDavison9
🎉🌟and her ground breaking research in children’s experiences of healthcare
@QUBMedEd
Congratulations 🥳
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Exhausted but exhilarated. Our first every
@QUBInterSim
InterProfessional
#Debrief
course. 🙏 to all faculty+delegates. A course oriented to enhance patient care through learning. Big 🙏 to
@ADRspence
for developing the
#DebriefApp
to enhance transfer to teaching practice
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Best of luck to all of the new Foundation doctors starting out today
#ChangeOverDay
as you join the ranks of the NHS. You have worked hard and are well equipped to shine! All about patient care and looking after (out) for each other.
Only seems like yesterday….
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So after 25 yrs of having a beard - needs must (FIT respirator testing) the beard had to come off. Glad my GP colleagues and admin staff had fun deciding which style I should adopt 😬
@Drbmcg
@fillharmonica
@ursulaamason
@DrAndreaMurray
@LouMul10
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Big shout out to our PhD students
@banaltra_glas
@GailDavison9
@drchowie92
graduating today in
@QUBMedEd
….and their
#PhD
Lego figures enjoyed the ceremony too!
We are all bursting with pride 😊
#LoveQUB
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‘The Great British Art Tour: one of the most important women in NHS history’ - Professor Mollie McGeown
#Belfastrecipe
@QUBAlumni
@DamianFog
@JoAnne_Dobson
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Night in the
@NHM_London
under dippy - it's going to be a long night
#Dinosnores
http://t.co/2a3Q0lJAcf
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🌟Happy International Nurses Day🌟 and thank you ALL for your great work
My mum was an (Auxiliary) nurse….(as they were called then)….the main reason why I choose a career in healthcare
#InternationalNursesDay2022
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IPE teaching in full swing this week in
@QUBInterSim
with nursing
@QUBSONM
+medical students
@QUBMedEd
in acute/emergency care. Great leadership by Aoife Byrne, Billyjoan Rice, all of their amazing colleagues (+our fab admin teams)in shaping+delivering this course
#BetterTogether
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Just came across the best outpatient letter. Really nice person-centric narrative, succinct, clear advice for patient and GP. Addressed to patient, (and I, as GP, cc’d in). Really like this trend in OP letters. More of this please
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Eliza, you have not ‘failed’….the system has failed you. From you generously sharing your story….you just might help right this broken system. From someone who ‘failed’ their 11 plus - this should never hold you back from being your brilliant self - the world is your oyster….
Last night my ten year-old daughter cried in my arms asking me why she is so stupid. I explained that the education system is flawed and that she is VERY smart. 1/7
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Team are just back from
#OneElmwood
wow! Breath taking building and design. Places students right and centre at the heart of university life. Kudos to the team that delivered this game changing building.
Can we claim the first ever performance at three Mandala Hall?
@QUBelfast
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What is the most important word in medicine?
Kindness. That’s it.
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Mega day in the garden and all 5 points of
#MentalWellbeingNI2020
ticked. Now for lots of potting, pickling, freezing and giving away....
#offduty
#growyourown
#allotment
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Pleasant arrival in the post today 😊Nothing like receiving a hard copy of some fun collaboration with
@drgkearney
@drjennyjohnston
@LearnThruTalk
@pim_teu
@DebraNestel
@Aaronwcalhoun
& Andree Gamble in contributing to some of the chapters in this outstanding resource
#Simulation
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The joy that can come from a simple piece of wood. Cross section of a tree trunk, after a few hrs, becomes a knick-knack tray (Everyone needs a knick-knack tray in their life!)
Can’t recommend highly enough - Geoff Tulip’s workshop
to whittle away the hrs
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Massive congrats to the winning
#Simwars23
team Hocus PoCUS from
@UL
!
Kudos
@RCSI_SIM
for hosting & all of those that participated. Overall, the big winner is learning for patient care
Bursting with pride for the
@QUBMedEd
SimWars teams. Great ambassadors & resuscitationists!
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Very chuffed for
@CarlHBrennan
having his MPhil approved. Official handing over of bound thesis-over 2 years of some inspirational hard work on
#RightLeftConfusion
Has been a total pleasure (+fun) supervising Carl with Martin Dempster.
#GPARTs
@_NIMDTA
@GPTrainingNI
@QUBelfast
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Can truly say-working with
@richardlconn
(lead author extraordinaire),
@sarahohare19
&
@AKajamaa
was a joy in producing our new book chapter on
#CHAT
in Clinical Ed for the HPs. Thanks to the Eds for their guidance and believing in us!
#CHAT
#SimLab
#ExpansiveLearning
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Very welcomed policies for staff undergoing fertility treatment or experiencing menopausal symptoms at
@QUBelfast
Well done
@drjennyjohnston
and all for bringing this to fruition
@mlchealth
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There are moments & then there are moments
This afternoon was one of those precious moments were we leveraged the power of collectively watching the
@BBCnireland
doc ‘Life on the list’ with yr 1
@QUBMedEd
students & panel discussion about organ donation
@CorrMP
#PersonCentred
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Just wow
Credit to
@houton_paula
@GPTrainingNI
for bringing the power of sim to GP trainee training. Beyond ‘skills/drills’ sim & further enhancing capabilities in
✅ Safeguarding
✅ Palliative care
✅ uncertainty tolerance
✅ Handling complaints
✅ Paeds emerg
+much more
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Can’t rate
@bigloopbikes
high enough. Issue with Brompton this morning. Called in, friendly welcome, went for coffee and all sorted before I finished my coffee. Please do consider giving your business to this wonderful team.
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It has been a long week-so no better place to take a little time out than at the
#ErskinehouseTree
Reflecting on
#OrganDonationWeek
& the phenomenal work in organ donation in N Ireland/across the 🌍 Just wondering what Dimitrios & Molly would make of the wonderful achievements?
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Very humbled and honoured to join the
@NTF_Tweet
family. Bravo to all the other
#NTF
across the UK.
#NTFS2018
Many thanks to
@AdvanceHE
for organising the fab occasion at the superb
@thehubroyalmile
venue
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Well done to all of the winners and our
@QUBMedEd
very own
@DrHelenReid
🥂🍾🎉
Rising Stars:
Dr Melie Le Roy, Natural and Built Environment
Dr Lillian Simones, Graduate School
Dr Rebecca Craig, Pharmacy
Dr Gary Mitchell, Nursing and Midwifery
Dr Helen Reid, Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences
Dr Louise Pick, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Super chuffed for
@CarlHBrennan
graduating
@QUBelfast
pleasure to be part of his academic journey over the last 2 years
#LoveQUBGrad
#qubgp
#gparts
#chief
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Rhubarb plants just keep giving….so trying my hand at rhubarb
@ShortcrossGin
sorbet for a change - with gf stem ginger snaps…..bliss
#PlotToPlate
#GrowYourOwn
#Allotment
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What a special night in oh so many ways
@nigelhart
#FinalYearMedicalMusical
Talent, energy and most importantly fun!
@QUBMedEd
All proceeds to charity
@SHINEUKCharity
and many fond memories to cherish
Bravo to all of the students (and the brave staff who got on stage 😊)
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Congratulations to all of the IPE students who contributed to such a powerful & uplifting conference
Massive kudos to the winning team
@QUBelfast
🥳 & all of the teams that took part.
The main winner of course will be the patients that you will be caring for
#AIPEC24
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Huge guard of honour for VC Prof Patrick Johnston. Has left such an incredible positive legacy for QUB, NI & beyond. We salute you Paddy
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Really chuffed to see our
@QUBMedEd
medical student
@nmclaughlin18
discussing her research paper at the
#aspih2020
#researchStudio
@MurphingtonPost
@DebraNestel
Testament that medical students have so much to offer in research
@_johndarcy
@Janet_RogersNI
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So that’s a wrap. Data set now complete on a really intriguing simulation study led by the phenomenal Dr Carol Wilson and colleagues at the Causeway Hospital sim team
Such a warm welcome and inspiring group. Full credit to this amazing team
@NHSCTrust
@QUBMedEd
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I can not thank our
@DramaQub
students enough for taking simulation to a new level. Working with Approved SW students + GP trainees in developing their person-centred mental health assessment skills
#insittu
#scenography
#sim
#transdisciplinary
@MurphingtonPost
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Huge🙏🏼
@QUBMedEd
Acute Care Course team; academics, admin team, technicians, SPs, teachers & fab students (both nursing/medical) &
@QUBInterSim
team
No mean feat. Over >300 students, 352 sims-all done with a smile!
Last day on campus for our final year medics-Bon voyage 😊 🎉
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Can’t express how proud we are of
@nmclaughlin18
rockin her 1st international conference as a med student-with her oral presentations about using VR to provide learners experiences of living with hearing impairment
@Janet_RogersNI
@_johndarcy
@QUBMedEd
@SESAMSimulation
#SESAM21
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Schools out for summer! That’s a wrap to yr2 sim course (ACE).Just short of 300 stds, 150 sims in 3 days & all done with a smile! Big shout out to our incredible yr5 near peer tutors. Mark my words-we have some phenomenal clinical educators of the future 🙏🏼
@QUBMedEd
@QUBInterSim
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To my shame this is my first ever visit to the Highlands 🏴
This beautiful Bothy provided a welcome (sustainable) shelter for the night - from the snow and -1 deg temp.
Will make a point of coming back…..
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