Following the success of our first ever in person event in 2023, the South West Pharmacy Research Network will be holding our second annual Innovation Day in 2024. We are arranging an exciting programme to:
- enable delegates from different organisations to get to know each other and how they might collaborate on future projects
- inspire delegates to get more involved in research
- increase delegates’ research knowledge and skills
Please read the information below to find out more and then register via the link at the bottom of this page.
Programme
The draft outline programme for the Innovation Day is shown below. This will be updated as details are confirmed.
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 09:30 | Registration, refreshments, networking and posters |
| 10:00 | Welcome |
| 10:05 | The big picture: what's happening nationally and what can we learn from other regions and professions? |
| Professor Ruth Endacott - NIHR Director of Nursing and Midwifery, whose role includes supporting pharmacists with the NIHR research agenda. | |
| Dr Nazish Khan - Consultant Pharmacist Cardiovascular Diseases & Cardiovascular Clinical Research (University Hospitals Birmingham); Cardiovascular Disease Clinical & Programme Lead (Health Innovation West Midlands) | |
| 11:15 | Refreshments, networking and posters |
| 11:45 | Parallel session 1: How to write conference abstracts and posters about small scale projects (e.g. QI, audit) |
| OR | Parallel session 2: Path to research: how to integrate research into your pharmacy career (we are grateful to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society research team for running this session) |
| 12:45 | Lunch (provided), networking and posters |
| 13:15 | Poster talks - 3 minute presentations in front of each poster |
| 14:00 | Clinical Research Networks: Training, opportunities to support their studies and pathways to being a principal investigator (Helen Chenoweth, NIHR Clinical Research Network South West Peninsula) |
| 14:30 | Small project presentations: three delegates present their recent QI, service evaluation or audit project |
| 15:10 | Refreshments, networking and posters |
| 15:40 | Summary of parallel sessions, prize presentation and next steps |
| 16:00 | End of day |
| 16:15 | Optional: tour of the new University of Bath School of Pharmacy based at University of Plymouth |
Posters and prizes
We encourage everyone attending the event to share one or more posters. Posters can be on anything related to research, audit, service evaluation or quality improvement - even an idea for a future project - there are no specific requirements.
To present a poster, please submit an abstract using this form by 15th September 2024, so that delegates can read them in advance (we will share them on our website). During the abstract submission process, you will be able to ask the Innovation Day organising group for feedback on how it could be improved for a future conference.
This year, we will display printed posters (no larger than A0 portrait format) on boards. Please bring your printed poster to the event and display it at the start of the day. We will ask all poster presenters to do a 3 minute talk in front of their posters in a session starting 13:15. Other delegates will be able to listen to these talks if they wish, or continue networking.
Please do consider submitting a poster, whether you have final results to share, early results for a project that's underway, an idea for a new project or a request for collaborators. Not only will this enhance your CV, it will also improve the networking and interactivity of the day.
Prizes
There will also be four poster prizes, which will be awarded at the end of the day:
- best poster from an early career researcher (lead author does not have a PhD)
- best poster from a more experienced researcher (lead author has a PhD)
- most visually attractive poster
- delegates' choice
Help and advice
This 21 minute YouTube video gives excellent, evidence-based advice on how to design a poster that will attract attention and communicate your key messages – the results are different to most posters you may have seen before.
