The South West Pharmacy Research Network's Innovation Day for 2023 was our first ever in person meeting. We arranged 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
Programme
The outline programme for the Innovation Day is shown below. Follow this link for a more detailed programme.
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 09:30 | Registration, refreshments, networking and posters |
| 10:00 | Welcome |
| 10:05 | Research journeys panel Q&A session: a discussion with pharmacy professionals at all stages of their research career |
| 11:15 | Refreshments, networking and posters |
| 11:45 | Parallel workshop 1: How to plan implementation, dissemination and publication of clinical audit, improvement and research activity, OR |
| 11:45 | Parallel workshop 2: Collaboration: how to build networks, find collaborators and build up larger projects |
| 12:45 | Lunch (provided), networking and posters |
| 14:00 | Parallel workshop 3: How research benefits individuals, organisations and workforces, OR |
| 14:00 | Parallel workshop 4: Planning a new project (Q&A) |
| 15:00 | Refreshments, networking and posters |
| 15:30 | Summary of workshops, prize presentation and next steps |
| 16:00 | End of day |
Posters and prizes
We encouraged everyone attending the event to share one or more digital posters, which were displayed on 65 inch (1.65m) monitors around the venue during the day and can be downloaded from this webpage.
Posters could be on anything related to research, audit, service evaluation or quality improvement - there were no specific requirements.
Prizes
There were four poster prizes:
- best poster from an early career researcher (lead author does not have a PhD): 1st place - Mandy Slatter (Royal United Hospital Bath); 2nd place - Rebecca Pennie (Royal United Hospital Bath)
- best poster from a more experienced researcher (lead author has a PhD): 1st place - Vincent Cheng (University of Bristol); 2nd place - Rebecca Wilson (University of Bristol)
- most visually attractive poster: 1st place - Vicky Webb (University Hospitals Plymouth); 2nd place - Sarah Jones (University of Bath)
- delegates' choice: Rebecca Wilson (University of Bristol)
