UCC Nursing & Midwifery Scholarly Impact Report 2022

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CATHERINE MCAULEY SCHOOL OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY, UCC

CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE/PRESENTATIONS

Attendance at the 8 th International Nurse Education Conference - From Education to Impact: Transforming Nursing and Midwifery Education, Sitges, Barcelona, October 19 th - 22 nd Ms Carol Condon, Dr Patricia O’Regan and Ms Nuala Walshe attended and presented at the 8 th International Nurse Education Conference hosted by NETNEP (Nurse education today, Nurse education in practice). The conference “From Education to Impact: Transforming Nursing and Midwifery Education” was located in Sitges, Barcelona, Spain from 19 th -22 nd October 2023. The team were delighted to be selected for an oral presentation (with an accompanying poster); “Recognising ethnic diversity in Healthcare: Perceptions of Health Professionals and a second poster presentation; “Irish Travellers’ perception and experiences of the health care system . The conference attracted over 700 nurse educator delegates from all over the world. It was a great opportunity to meet and network with colleagues after such a long absence due to COVID-19. The presentation and posters were outputs from their Erasmus funded research project; Simversity - Optimizing patient safety throughculturallycompetentsimulation-basededucationwithhealth professionals’ . The team have recently published a comprehensive systematic review exploring the focus, authenticity and outcomes of cultural simulations and have a number of other papers under review.While theSimversityproject has nowconcluded, the research outputs have highlighted the need to expand our curricula to better reflect philosophical perspectives beyond a cultural competency paradigm. There is a short fall within our current healthcare system in addressing diverse needs as well as the critical requirement to enable healthcare professionals to use inclusive practices to safely care for an increasingly diverse society.

Pictured L-R: Dr Patricia O’ Regan, Ms Nuala Walshe, Ms Carol Condon