Monthly Archives: August 2014

Week 2: Lab observations and Data handling

Posted on August 18, 2014 by njh54

Lab observations: Not a ‘must-do’ part of the placement, but for me it was exactly this! As someone hoping to go onto lab work I couldn’t wait to gain some experience and snapped up the opportunity straight away! I spent … Continue reading →

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Finishing Touches – Week 6

Posted on August 15, 2014 by mw434

This week, once I finally entered all the data from the evaluation forms, I went through all the entries and noted what parts of the data were missing whilst, paying particular attention to entries about mental health bed admissions and … Continue reading →

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Week 4: Halfway through

Posted on August 15, 2014 by erp3

This has been quite a stressful week! I’ve had a lot going in the past few days, including moving house, interviews and examinations (so I’ve been kept quite busy!). Luckily everyone’s been really supportive though and by managing my time well … Continue reading →

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Anti-vaccine conspiracy theories

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Richard Barber

Researchers Daniel Jolley and Dr Karen Douglas, of the School of Psychology, surveyed 89 parents about their views on anti-vaccine conspiracy theories and then asked them to indicate their intention to have a fictional child vaccinated. It was found that … Continue reading →

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Uncovering secrets of cell fine-tuning

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Richard Barber

New research has shown for the first time how structures inside cells are regulated – a breakthrough that could have a major impact on cancer therapy development. A team from the School of Biosciences uncovered the mechanism whereby the physical … Continue reading →

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Ebola treatments likely in next decade

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Richard Barber

But Dr Rossman said that more research funding will need to be made available to develop these new drugs. He commented: ‘Western Africa is currently experiencing the world’s worst documented outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, with over 1200 suspected … Continue reading →

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CHSS 25th anniversary lecture update

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Richard Barber

On Friday 4 July 2014 the Centre for Health Services Studies (CHSS) celebrated twenty-five years since its 1989 re-launch. To celebrate our work and history we invited Nick Black, Professor of Health Services Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical … Continue reading →

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Week 4 and we have stacks of files!

Posted on August 12, 2014 by cls205

I’m now at the start of my fifth week here at the William Harvey and halfway through my placement. Last week we finished filling in all the patient data that we could get off the computer, so now we’re down … Continue reading →

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So, it’s week 1 of my project!

Posted on August 11, 2014 by njh54

I had a brief introduction day last week to get me accustomed to the site and the staff (most of whose names I promptly forgot…sorry!) which was a lot to take in, but definitely got me excited to get started. … Continue reading →

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Supervision – Week 5

Posted on August 8, 2014 by mw434

During my fifth week spent working for the HTS I got to sit in on a supervision meeting with the assistant psychologists who meet up monthly to talk about their past week and generally discuss what is going on in … Continue reading →

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