GP trainers meeting - October 2012

AUDGPI PRIZEWINNER

DR AKKE VELLINGA' GRADUATION

Akke Vellinga graduated in November with a PhD in Medicine (Epidemiology)  supervised by Prof Andrew Murphy and Prof Martin Cormican (Bacteriology). Her thesis was titled "Antibiotic prescribing and bacteriuria caused by trimethoprim and quinolone resistant bacteria in the community: a multilevel study with prospective patient and retrospective practice data". 

Guideline for communication in cross cultural general practice consultations

Ms. Mary O’Reilly-de Brún, Senior Researcher in the Discipline of General Practice, School of Medicine, NUI Galway worked with project lead Anne MacFarlane, Professor of Primary Healthcare Research, University of Limerick and colleagues in the Health Service Executive National Social Inclusion Unit and the Centre for Participatory Strategies, Galway to produce a guideline to support communication in general practice consultations with migrants who have limited English language skills. A key finding from this extensive, participatory research process is that the recommended best practice is to use a trained, accredited interpreter (rather than a family member of friend as an interpreter) or to consult with a general practitioner who has fluency in the language of the service user.

Sample Reception Notices for Patients regarding Medical Students

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€3M TO LEAD EU FUNDED PROJECT

AUDGPI / ADEGS PRIZE WINNER

Pictured accepting the prize on behalf of Anne is Professor Peter Cantillon (right), Head of General Practice from Professor Andrew Murphy, AUDGPI committee.

SAPC-Norwich 2010

General Practice Annual Day Out: 15th June 2010

Members of General Practice had our annual day out at Mam Ean (The Pass of the Birds) where we visited Leaba Padraic...

Dr Niamh Gallagher's Graduation

Niamh Gallagher graduated on 17th June 2010 with a PhD in Primary Care, supervised by Andrew Murphy and Anne MacFarlane. Her thesis was on Continuity of Care and titled "Patients’ perspectives of continuity of care in an out of hours general practice co-operative"

Podcast

Robert Scully introduces a perspective article on reductionism in healthcare (co-authored with Liam Glynn) from the May issue of IJCP (for paper click on image to your right).

Communication in Cross-Cultural General Practice Consultations: Involving Ethnic Minority Service Users

The Discipline of General Practice ran a very successful fieldwork day with ethnic minority service users at NUI Galway on 17^th April 2010.

The aim of this day was to give ethnic minority service users the opportunity to ’voice’ their experiences and opinions about communication in cross-cultural general practice consultations. Forty one participants from Polish speaking, Russian speaking, Portuguese speaking, French Congolese speaking and Nigerian communities generated data with representatives from their own communities (peer researchers) who had been trained to use participatory learning and action research methods. Research findings will be used to develop guidelines for communication in cross-cultural general practice consultations This research is funded by a HRB Partnership Award involving the Discipline of General Practice and the Centre for Participatory Strategies

Lunchtime seminar

Dr Teresa Maguire, Head of Research Management Unit, Health Research Board gave a presentation titled "Current activities and perspectives from the Health Research Board" in the Small Lecture Theatre, Clinical Science Institute on Tuesday 9th March 

INMED

2007/2009 Biennual Report

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Irish Journal of Medical Science Research Awards 2009: For the third year in a row, the Irish Journal of Medical Science has awarded Best General Practice Paper 2009 Award to NUI Galway.  Pictured receiving the award from Gerry O'Connor of Krebensis, Sponsor of General Practice Research Award, was Andrew Murphy, Professor of General Practice at NUI Galway.

Lunchtime seminar

Lunch time seminar on this topic presented by Dr Deirbhile Keady, Medical Microbiology, UCH Galway and Ms Akke Vellinga, Discipline of General Practice, NUI Galway

Secondary prevention of heart disease in general practice: a cluster randomised controlled trial of tailored practice and patient care plans

This study clearly shows that providing additional care in general practice to patients with established heart disease is very worthwhile. It is the first study to definitively show that such programmes reduce both total and cardiovascular related hospital admissions. This is of crucial importance today where hospitals are under such pressure regarding what patients to admit. It also represents the largest non-pharmaceutical study ever performed on the island of Ireland.

Unfortunately, only 20% of Irish patients have access to such care through a HSE funded programme called ’Heartwatch’. It was established as a pilot in 2003 for 20% of practices and the intention was to extend, after evaluation and revision, nationwide. A decision on whether or not to extend has still not been taken.

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