Radiotherapy Research Seminar Series

Why are we offering this and why would you wish to attend?

Who is this session for?This is relevant to qualified and student therapy radiographers but we welcome attendance from anyone with an interest in the topic

area or an interest in research. If you would like to attend please contact Laura Pattinson at

L.Pattinson@shu.ac.uk

Sessions are outside formal conference attendance, see leading professionals in your field present their research experiences

Ask questions and discuss topics with colleagues, sharing your experiences with students who also attend the seminars

Free CPD activity

Staff have previously commented...

“These seminar series are invaluable. It's really informative and useful for radiotherapy students to actually see what trials and studies are being done currently, and

how this may impact on future clinical practice. Also, useful for our own studies”

AND

“Excellent and very interesting and enjoyable. Extremely well explained concepts and insight into related research”

This seminar session will give participants an insight into: Research projects involving the Radiotherapy team• Simulation Delphi Study• Prostate Cancer UK project work• Public Health and Radiography/the AHPs• Support4all Project Update

Topic: Research projects involving the Radiotherapy team

Speaker: Dr Rob Appleyard, Cath Holborn, Laura Pattinson & Professor Heidi ProbstSheffield Hallam UniversityDate: Friday 3rd March 20178.30 for coffee (F514) 9am startVenue: F518 Robert Winston Building.

Dr Rob Appleyard is a Senior Lecturer in Radiotherapy and Oncology at Sheffield Hallam University.  His main research interest lies in the role of simulation-based education (SBE) approaches in education and practice, in particular exploring how virtual reality environments might lead to improved outcomes.  This particular study is looking to determine how SBE can be best used to prepare pre-registration radiotherapy students for their initial clinical practice and will underpin subsequent evaluation on its effectiveness.

Catherine Holborn is a Senior Lecturer in Radiotherapy and Oncology at Sheffield Hallam University. Catherine has a keen interest in prostate cancer and is the course leader for the MSc Prostate Cancer Care. Catherine has a particular interest in the impact of continuing education, on both the healthcare professional involved and importantly on the outcomes and experience of the patients and their families receiving care.

Laura Pattinson is a senior lecturer and the course leader for the BSc Radiotherapy course. Laura's research interest are focused on public health in Radiography and the wider AHP workforce. Laura has recently been awarded a CoRips project on the topic of smoking cessation and is 1/3 rd of the AHPs4PH team and is leading on the public health advocates scheme. Laura commenced her PhD studies in October 2016 studying the experiences of patients with severe mental illness and cancer.

Professor Heidi Probst qualified as a therapeutic radiographer in 1987 and spent 14 years as a clinical radiographer in the NHS. Heidi moved to Sheffield Hallam University as a senior lecturer in 2001 and is now a professor of Radiotherapy and Oncology. Heidi's clinical research interests are in radiotherapy for breast cancer and she also has an interest in e-learning , technology-enhanced learning and workforce development.