School of Nursing and Midwifery Scholarly Impact Report 2021

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CATHERINE MCAULEY SCHOOL OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY, UCC

PART A: TEACHING, CONTRIBUTION TO COMMUNITY AND PRACTICE, AWARDS

Conference format:

4 keynote presentations and 2 sessions of concurrent presentations Keynote Speakers

Eoin Gorman

Jacqui Dillon

Eoin Gorman, an Occupational Therapy lecturer with self- experience, who talked about creating safe spaces with students

Jacqui Dillon, author, campaigner and activist, who talked about creating safe spaces

Jennifer Hough

Ole Andreas & Siv Rydheim

Jennifer Hough, ex-journalist with the Irish Examiner, who talked about her and her sister’s experiences of the Irish mental health services

Ole Andreas Underland and Siv Rydheim, who talked about introducing a drug/medication-free mental health unit in Norway

The Conference was organised by Lydia Sapouna, School of Applied Social Studies and Harry Gijbels (retired), Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Ireland.