PRON: Promoting Research in Oncology Nursing Meeting 2018 Event
- Date:
- 29 - 30 June 2018
- Venue:
- Wychwood Park, Crewe, Cheshire
For more information regarding this event, please telephone 01675 477607 or email info@nlfcn.net .
Event details
The National Lung Cancer Forum for Nurses (NLCFN) is running a research training meeting to promote research engagement and develop research ability in oncology nursing. The training aims to provide an introduction to research and to develop research confidence for NLCFN members.
The agenda will include a mix of presentations, interactive sessions and reflection on individual research development needs and goals.
Outline Programme
• Why is research important to you?
• What do we mean by being involved in research?
• Overview of the research process
• Getting involved in research
• Building networks
• Funding opportunities
• Getting people on board with your research plan and engaging them
• Quietening your inner critique
• Examples of research pathways
• Next steps
Who should attend PRON?
We have places for a maximum of 30 delegates. Delegates will be nurses working in lung cancer and oncology settings from across the UK and who are members of either the NLCFN and/or UKONS.
We welcome applications from nurses working in specialist roles, in ward and community and research nursing.
Participants can use the experience and learning to support revalidation with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
Speaker information
Dr. Lynn Calman, University of Southampton, Deputy Director of Macmillan Survivorship Research Group and Principal Research Fellow
Professor Angela Tod, University of Sheffield, Professor of Older People and Care in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Sheffield
Vanessa Beattie, NLCFN Chair, Clinical Nurse Specialist