PResident's RePORt 2009/2010 - University College Cork

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Foreword UCC at a Glance Academic Developments Teaching and Learning Research College Reports: Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences Business and Law Medicine and Health Science, Engineering and Food Science Events Student Experience Sports and Recreation Buildings and Estates Cork University Press Finance Governing Body IRIS Appendix 42 Pres Award OSOT: Linda Horgan (l) and Eithne Hunt (r) receive the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching from Dr Michael Murphy, President, UCC • The numbers of students enrolling for the BSc (Physiology) has grown steadily for the sixth consecutive year. The programme is set to become the most popular BSc (Life Science) course in 2011/12. Funding was secured from two external sources to support annual research-led training programmes: a €14,000 grant from the Physiological Society will train PhD students from outside Cork in molecular techniques at two two-day teaching workshops and a €4,500 grant from Physiological Society will support an annual summer student research programme. Six new students registered for higher degrees in physiology making a cohort of over 20 postgraduates students – a first in Physiology’s 150 year history. • Dr Harry Gijbels and team in the School of Nursing and Midwifery received NAIRTL funding that enabled undergraduate students to participate in a range of research initiatives. • Sinead Power (Nursing and Midwifery) won the President’s Prize – a trip to the Sloan Kettering Memorial Hospital in New York for one week, sponsored by Bayer Schering Pharma, for her presentation on the findings of her qualitative research on hair loss at the Irish Association for Nurses in Oncology Conference (September 2010). • Claire Hayes, Brendan Noonan, Lynne Marsh, Tony Archer, Sinead O’Brien, Samantha Riordan and Nuala Walshe (all Nursing and Midwifery) have been awarded the President’s Award for Research on Innovative Form of Teaching and Learning. The group made a DVD to assist first-year students learn the skill of cleaning and dressing patients. • Janice Crausaz, (Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy) received a €5,000 grant from NAIRTL for her doctoral study on supporting therapists’ engagement in evidencebased practice through post-qualification learning. • Linda Horgan and Eithne Hunt (Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy) received the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, the third consecutive time that staff from the School of Clinical Therapies have received this award. • Clare O’Sullivan (Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy) graduated with a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education in 2009. Events • A public forum, chaired by Professor Eamon Quigley, Professor of Medicine and Principal Investigator at the APC, on inflammatory bowel disease was held in June 2010. Professor Quigley reviewed developments in the area and discussed how subtle forms of gut inflammation may affect the function of the gut and lead to symptoms such as pain, constipation and diarrhoea. Disorders such as IBS and diverticulosis may well fit into this category and could benefit from new treatments. Other eminent speakers at the forum included David Rampton, Professor of Clinical Gastroenterology at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry. • The Department of Epidemiology and Public Health coorganised the sixth Population Health Autumn School. The conference took place outside of UCC for the first time in Queen’s University Belfast. • Dr James Watson, Nobel Laureate gave the Inaugural Cancer Lecture of the Cork Cancer Research Centre at UCC. The lecture also marked a formal collaboration between the Leslie and Jean Quick Cancer Laboratories at Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, New York and the Centre (September 2010). • A conference, jointly hosted by the Diabetes Interest Group, HSE South and UCC with over 150 community-based health professionals, took place in UCC (September 2010). The Diabetes Interest Group is a group of GPs and practice nurses, from the Cork region, who have come together to optimise the quality of care they provide to their patients with diabetes. The opening address was delivered by Professor Richard Firth, Clinical Lead, HSE National Diabetes Project. Conference speakers included Professor Colin Bradley, Head of the Department of General Practice, UCC. • The School of Medicine organised the Assessment: The Big Questions and Some Answers symposium (January 2010). Over the past decade, medical and other health care schools, postgraduate training programmes, and licensing bodies have
Foreword UCC at a Glance Academic Developments Teaching and Learning Research College Reports: Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences Business and Law Medicine and Health Science, Engineering and Food Science Events Student Experience Sports and Recreation Buildings and Estates Cork University Press Finance Governing Body IRIS Appendix 43 made new efforts to provide assessments of the competence of trainees and practising physicians and professionals. The symposium aimed to deepen the understanding of specific areas of assessment in health care education and provided overviews of state-of-the art strategies. This event was funded by NAIRTL and was also approved for six credits by the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. • The annual MedSoc Public Health Day took place in UCC in March 2010. The stands represented included: Diabetes Ireland; the Irish Heart Foundation; St John Ambulance; Aware and the Blood Transfusion Board. • UCC hosted the inaugural Mayo-UCC Cardiology symposium in CUH’s new Cardiac Renal Centre (September 2010). The symposium was cochaired by Noel Caplice, Professor of Cardiovascular Sciences and Director of the Centre for Research in Vascular Biology in the BioSciences. Members of staff in UCC were joined by colleagues from the Mayo Clinic in presenting a series of lectures on new developments in the diagnosis, treatment and management of cardiovascular disease. The conference provided a unique educational opportunity for the more than 130 consultant cardiologists, cardiology specialist nurses and other health care professionals. • The twelfth annual De Pazzi Lecture, held in honour of Sr De Pazzi, retired Matron of Mercy University Hospital, was hosted by the APC and the Department of Medicine in association with Mercy University Hospital (September 2010). ‘Preventing colon cancer – is screening the way forward?’ was the title of this year’s lecture, delivered by Jonathan Rhodes, Professor of Medicine, University of Liverpool. • The inaugural Mr Joe O’Donnell Lecture took place at the UCC Medical Alumni Scientific Conference (September 2010). Gerald McGreal delivered the inaugural lecture, which was followed by the launch of Patients and Peace, an exhibition of Joe O’Donnell’s artwork in the Jennings Gallery, Brookfield Health Sciences Complex. Mr O’Donnell specialised in vascular surgery, and rose to the top of his profession in both the US and Ireland. Mr O’Donnell’s influence lives on through the good work of the many who trained under his guidance, skill and leadership. • A teaching agreement between the College of Medicine and Health and the Bon Secours Hospital, Tralee was signed on January 27th 2010. The agreement gives formal effect to a deepening relationship between UCC and the Bons in the teaching of medical students. It also extends the teaching functions of the hospital to other pharmacy, nursing and clinical therapies students. The agreement provides for joint appointments between the hospital and the university and gives access to university research facilities by hospital staff wishing to pursue research interests. In the agreement, both institutions committed to work together to support and foster a culture of evidence-based and research-led healthcare. • The second Molecular Medicine Ireland (MMI) Clinician Scientist Fellowship Programme (CSFP) annual meeting took place in UCC (June 2010). The objective of the CSFP is to train the next generation of clinician scientists with the specialised knowledge required to fulfil Ireland’s research needs in translational medicine. The CSFP is funded by the Irish Government under the PRTLI cycle-4. Fellows from five institutions with a shared agenda in clinical and translational research are participating in the programme, which is being coordinated by MMI. • The School of Clinical Therapies welcomed visitors Grette Nielson and Jette Rasmussen from the University of Lillebaelt, Odense, Denmark, who came to visit the School of Occupational Therapy, through the ERASMUS scheme, to explore the taskbased learning approach used in UCC. A reciprocal visit to Odense is planned for 2011. • Over 80 pharmaceutical industry delegates attended the Role of the QP – The Paradigm for the 21st Century symposium organised by the School of Pharmacy (February 2010). Speakers discuss the role of the ‘Qualified Person’ (QP) in the pharmaceutical sector. The symposium, organised by Dr Brendan Griffin, Course Director, was held in conjunction with the MSc in Pharmaceutical Technology and Quality Systems programme, established in 2007 with support from Amgen, to meet the growing demand for QP in the pharmaceutical sector in Ireland. • Dr Tom Cavanagh presented a painting by Mick O’Dea entitled Before a Day’s Skirmishing in the Countryside to the
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