Title: Research in the field of supportive, palliative and end-of-life care: developing the next generation of researchers
The Palliative Care Research Society (PCRS) in conjunction with the Nottingham Centre for the Advancement of Research into Supportive, Palliative and End-of-Life Care (NCARE) at the University of Nottingham are hosting a day conference for PhD/MD students in June 2018. This day will include the opportunity to present your work either orally or through a poster, to network and to attend key note sessions on:
1. ‘Striving for 'Doctorateness': the written word and the spoken word’ to be delivered by Professor Jeremy J Wellington, School of Education, University of Sheffield, UK.
2. ‘Tips for surviving the viva and the first year post-doc’ by Dr. Louise Bramley, Clinical Academic Lead Nurse at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK.
Conference objectives:
- To facilitate engagement between doctoral students around the country to share information about their work and the process of undertaking doctoral studies
- To offer students an opportunity to present on their research in a relaxed and informal setting and to find out what other people are doing
- To encourage students to attend who are at all stages of the PhD, from just starting out to writing up
Cost:
The conference fee is £10, but is free of charge to PCRS members and/or University of Nottingham students. Lunch will be provided. Participants are responsible for their own travel and incidental expenses.
Call for Abstracts:
We would welcome abstracts of no more than 250 words from students who would like to present their work in the area of supportive, palliative and end-of-life care. Please indicate any preference for oral/poster presentations. We would particularly like to hear about any methodological, ethical or practical issues you are having, at whatever stage you are at in your PhD/MD process.
The closing date for abstracts is Friday 27 April 2018.