UCC School of Nursing and Midwifery Annual Report 2019

Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, UCC

Intinn: Mental Wellbeing Programme for Transition Year Students

health from the film and the workshop. Students felt they were more aware about how to recognise signs of mental distress, and more confident about how to build resilience through use of practical exercises, such as deep breathing techniques.

In September 2019, Johnny Goodwin facilitated four workshops over two days as part of Cork Film Festival’s new film and mental health outreach Intinn programme. Over 300 Transition Year students took part in the programme. Intinn, meaning ‘mind’ or ‘mindfulness’ opened with a screening of award-winning Irish Director Frank Berry’s film, “I Used to Live Here”, followed by a Q&A with the Director himself. Students then took part in a wellbeing and resilience building workshop with Mr Goodwin, inspired by the film.

The Team: Johnny Goodwin, School of Nursing and Midwifery, UCC; Aoibhie McCarthy, Cork Film Festival

Website: https://corkfilmfest.org/archive/the-64th-cork- film-festival-2019/illuminate-intinn-film-and-mental-health- programmes/

Feedback from both teachers and students was very positive; they said they learned important information about mental

This exciting collaboration builds on Cork Film Festival’s Illuminate programme, which explores different aspects of mental health and mental wellbeing These screenings and workshops served as a pilot project for Intinn. There will be a regional roll out of the programme in 2020

HIGHLIGHTS

Pictured left: Tanya O’Sullivan, Jigsaw, Sadie Cobbe, Cork Film Festival, Ellen Whelan, Cork Film Festival, Aoibhie McCarthy, Cork Film Festival, Caoimhe Keogan, Jigsaw, Geraldine Gannon, Jigsaw, Johnny Goodwin, School of Nursing and Midwifery, UCC.

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