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2024
Irish Healthcare Highly Commended Award – Professor Roisin Doogue
Second place highly commended was awarded for the category ‘Educational Meeting of the Year’ for the Irish General Practice Nurses Educational Association (IGPNEA) course ‘Principles of General Practice Nursing’ launched in 2023. The course development was led by Professor Roisin Doogue.
The course is aimed at those nurses in the early stages of their general practice careers and those nurses considering joining general practice from another setting. It gives an understanding of the role carried out by general practice nurses (GPNs).
https://irishpracticenurses.ie/principles-in-general-practice-nursing/
https://www.irishhealthcareawards.ie/irishhealthcareawards2024/en/page/2024-winners
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EU Interreg Northern Periphery and Arctic ‘SelfCare’ Project
The EU Interreg Northern Periphery and Arctic Programme (NPA) SelfCare Project is led by Professor Liam Glynn. The project will be carried out over three years from Sept 2024-Aug 2027 with UL funding of €363,633 and a total project funding of €1,018,275. The project aim is to improve access for hard-to-reach cohorts in rural areas to culturally sensitive health and well-being self-management services, supported by an innovative framework that will increase collaboration and knowledge sharing across borders in the NPA regions.
Our project partners are Region Vasterbotten in Sweden (lead partner) and Veltek Health and Welfare Technology Cluster, Iceland. Our collaborators include, the Nordic Welfare Centre, Stockholm, Sweden (Nordens välfärdscenter); the Department of Occupational Medicine and Public Health in the Faroese Hospital System (Deildin fyri Arbeiðs- og Almannaheilsu), Faroe Islands; Wellbeing Services County of Lapland (Lapin hyvinvointialue); the Health Services Executive (HSE) in the Mid-West, Ireland.
Culturally sensitive and appropriate services refer to services that are designed and implemented with a deep respect for diverse cultures and their values, beliefs and customs. These services aim to ensure that individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds are treated with fairness, dignity and respect, while also addressing their unique needs and preferences. The project will focus on the following 3 target groups: 1) Ukrainian refugees who have arrived in Ireland since the beginning of the Russian invasion; 2) The Sami population following migrating reindeer herds inside the arctic circle; 3) The older adult population living independently in remote rural and isolated Icelandic Island and remote communities who need to travel to access healthcare services.
The common thread is one of marginalisation, disconnection, disempowerment and low levels of trust and understanding. The health and well-being of these communities is dependent on the ability to access culturally sensitive healthcare in a timely fashion, as close to the communities as possible. This can be enabled by technology but must be anchored not only at national level (ministries and authorities), but also with relevant local stakeholders including target groups within the NPA region, where such results have the greatest impact in terms of health and economics. Developing appropriate self-management opportunities in sparsely populated areas will have an economic and sustainable impact as it will be enabled by new and innovative technological solutions. It will address some of the mutual challenges these regions face due to a lack of physical professional presence in healthcare, emigration of young people, skewed demographics, lack of innovation and a very dispersed population.
Left to right: Professor Liam Glynn (Principal Investigator and Full Professor of General Practice), Monica Casey (Senior Administrator, ULEARN-GP Network), Lisbeth Kjellberg (Director, LK Consulting), Andreas Lundqvist (Head of Unit, Centre for Rural Medicine, Region Västerbotten), Hanna Sigga Asgeirsdottir (Project Manager, Fjallabyggd), Associate Professor Bjorg Thordardottir (OsloMet, the Metropolitan University Department of Rehabilitation Science and Health Technology), Professor Peter Hayes (BMBS Course Director and Professor of Rural General Practice), Perla Björk Egilsdóttir (Managing Director of Veltek) and Kristinn Leifsson (Consultant for Veltek).
On the screen: Niclas Forsling, Project Manager, Center for Rural Medicine, Region Västerbotte; Sandra Boman, Finance Manager, Region Västerbotten
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Award for Best Education Research Presentation AUDGPI /ICGP Annual Scientific Meeting
AUDGPI / ICGP Annual Scientific Meeting at UL – Award for Best Education Research Presentation Mar 9, 2024.
‘Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships in general practice (LICs): graduate’s perceptions of their influence on the journey from medical student to doctor’ Authors: P Greally, A O’Regan, P Hayes, S Hyde
(from left) Professor Andrew O’Regan, Professor Peter Hayes (award recipients) and the conference organising committee. Profesor Patrick O’Donnell, Dénia Claudino, Professor Jon Salsbery, Professor Ray O’Connor, Monica Casey, Professor Anne MacFarlane, Professor Liam Glynn, Elena Koskinas (student rep)
AFMC Charles Boelen International Social Accountability Award 2024
Dr Mohamed Elhassan Elsayed, Associate Professor of Medical Education, has been selected as the recipient of the 2024 AFMC Charles Boelen International Social Accountability Award given by the Association of Faculties of Medicine Canada (AFMC). This award, named after Dr Charles Boelen, a world leader in Social Accountability of Medical Schools, celebrates individuals, groups of people or organizations whose professional accomplishments reflect the principles of social accountability as defined in the Global Consensus for Social Accountability of Medical Schools. It is the top award for social accountability given to individuals who make an impact on the development of social accountability.
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Exercise is Medicine on Campus, UL, Gold Award 2024
The Exercise is Medicine® On Campus programme at UL has achieved the Gold Campus recognition again. The team is led by Professor Matthew P. Herring and Professor Brian Carson with contributions from Professor Liam Glynn, Sinead Kelly, Darragh O’Sullivan, Jennifer Rice (students) and other partners.
https://www.ul.ie/hri/news/hri-members-receive-gold-campus-recognition-for-ul
Best International Scientific Paper - BJGP
‘Best International Scientific Paper’ prize at the British Journal of General Practice Research and Publication conference, held in London on 22 March 2024.
The study is entitled “Is Pay for Performance Promoting Inverse Inequality?”.
It is a joint venture between the Mid-West Specialist Training Scheme in General Practice and the University of Limerick School of Medicine.
Also part of the team are Prof Ailish Hannigan, Associate Professor of Biomedical Statistics and Professor Andrew O’Regan, Associate Professor of General Practice.
Team members (left to right): Dr John Fallon, Dr Sarah Linnane, Dr Maeve Healy (GP Registrars Mid-West GP Training Scheme), Prof Ray O’Connor with the trophy (assistant scheme director Mid-West GP Training Scheme), Dr Sarah Mullarkey, Dr Eoin Kyne (GP Registrars, Mid-West GP Training Scheme), Dr Santosh Sharma (Post Doctoral researcher, Biostatistics, University of Limerick School of Medicine).
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2023
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Social Impact and Legacy Award Fáilte Ireland: ‘WONCA World Rural Health Conference 2022’
Led by Professor Liam Glynn in collaboration with the ICGP and Rural, Island Dispensing Doctors of Ireland.
Professor Liam Glynn, receiving the Social Impact & Legacy spotlight award at Fáilte Ireland’s Conference Ambassador Recognition Awards November 23, 2023
The ‘WONCA World Rural Health Conference, 2022’ was recognised for incorporating a social impact initiative into its event planning process, creating a potential legacy that extended far beyond the conference centre. The conference, organised by Professor Liam Glynn of UL’s School of Medicine, was themed ‘Improving Health, Empowering Communities’, and served as a global platform for diverse stakeholders in healthcare, promoting positive changes for rural communities worldwide.
Karen Brosnahan, General Manager, The Shannon Region Conference and Sports Bureau said: “I’m delighted that the Shannon Region Conference and Sports Bureau were able to support our regional ambassadors in their journey to win conferences for Limerick and Clare. The social, cultural and economic impact of these events cannot be underestimated. “We were especially thrilled that Dr Liam Glynn won the Social Impact & Legacy Award. Conferences have a unique ability to encourage collaboration, generate new ideas and contribute to new policy changes that benefit our citizens. Dr Glynn’s WONCA conference did just that.”
EMerge Team - EHS Research Recognition
Congratulations to Dr Niamh Cummins, member of the EMerge Team (Dr Jennifer McMahon, Dr Elaine Kinsella, Dr Niamh Cummins), who received one of the EHS Research Recognition Awards 2021-2023.
These awards were created by the EHS Research Committee with the intent of formally acknowledging and celebrating the research-related achievements of EHS colleagues.
The EMerge Team received the Research Mentor Award at an award ceremony in April 2023 for their work in supporting the research of their colleagues in the Early and Mid-career Academic Peer Support Network at UL.
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