News tagged with: faculty-of-health
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National award for Plymouth’s Nursing Associate programme
The University of Plymouth has been named Nursing Associate Training Programme Provider of the Year 2022 in the Student Nursing Times Awards.
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From the classroom to the ward round – what’s it like being a doctor after medical school?
News at the University of Plymouth:From the classroom to the ward round – what’s it like being a doctor after medical school? University graduate Dr Alex Gordon explains the step up from medical school to his first year of foundation training.
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New partnership to improve education on Loot boxes
News at the University of Plymouth: The University is working with the Young Gamers and Gamblers Education Trust (YGAM) to develop educational materials.
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Schools receive prestigious national mark for commitment to gender equality
Peninsula Dental School, Peninsula Medical School and the School of Biomedical Sciences have been collectively recognised for their gender equality work – receiving a Silver Athena Swan Award.
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Helping people with Parkinson’s manage non-motor symptoms at home
A comprehensive digital system, called NMS Assist, will help people monitor symptoms such as insomnia, bladder issues and depression.
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Social work and conflict zones – how the profession can help
Marking World Social Work Day on 15 March, Dr Bartosz Zaniewski, Lecturer in Social Work, discusses how the profession operates in a crisis situation – and why the career is so important in helping those affected by the invasion of Ukraine.
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International collaboration to advance policy into rare diseases
Dr Konstantin Glebov is working with a European partner to take the next step in improving lives for people with rare diseases.
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Human choices in a simulated pandemic: New study tests interventions to foster safer behaviour
Research published in 'Science Advances' has shown that it is possible to test the effectiveness of interventions designed to foster safer behaviour in order to slow the spread of a virus.
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Global company working with University to test new app for MS patients
The University of Plymouth is working with global pharmaceutical company, Roche, to test a new app to help people with multiple sclerosis (MS) better manage their symptoms.
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Nursing graduate inspires new national award for research
Joy O'Gorman has sparked the creation of a clinical research in the national Student Nursing Times Awards.
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What constitutes ‘seriousness’ in fitness to practise cases? University shares new report for regulators
The University of Plymouth has led a new report to investigate how seriousness in Fitness to Practise (FtP) cases is understood and applied by UK health professions regulators.
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New facility opens to transform brain research in South West
The Brain Research & Imaging Centre (BRIC) is home to seven cutting-edge human neuroimaging research laboratories to help better understand brain activity and human behaviour.