REACH is a collaborative research hub in Bristol that aims to improve the delivery of urgent and emergency care. This year our showcase event will focus on the dissemination of research findings.

Speakers from REACH will be joined by colleagues from other leading UK academic research units in Urgent and Emergency Care to present their approaches to engagement and impact.

Following presentations, we will host a short, facilitated discussion with attendees to discuss how REACH can improve in these areas.

The event is open to anyone interested in REACH’s work and those who want to contribute to improving the way that research findings can make a difference in clinical practice.

Register now on Eventbrite.

For more information please contact: REACHcontact@uwe.ac.uk

Programme

1:30-1:35 Welcome – Professor Jonathan Benger CBE MD FRCS FRCEM, Co-Director of REACH, Professor of Emergency Care, University of the West of England, Bristol

1:35-2:00 Keynote address – Professor Suzanne Mason, Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Sheffield and NIHR Senior Investigator

Showcase of REACH’s engagement and impact 2021-2022

2:00-2:15 Stakeholder engagement for the READY Paramedics study (paramedics working in general practice)
Dr Behnaz Schofield, Senior Research Fellow, University of the West of England

2:15-2:30 ‘Showcase and future focus event for pre-hospital birth’: behind the scenes
Dr Laura Goodwin, Senior Research Fellow, University of the West of England

2:30-2:45 Patient and public involvement in REACH: Successes, challenges and everything in-between
Dr Kim Kirby, Lead Research Paramedic at South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust and Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance, and Senior Research Fellow, University of the West of England

2:45-3:00 Empowering the next generation of emergency care researchers: The Emergency Care Incubator Symposium
Professor Ed Carlton, Consultant Senior Lecturer, University of Bristol

Guest speakers

3:15-3:25 Approaches to engagement and dissemination
Professor Dan Lasserson, Professor of Acute Ambulatory Care, Warwick University

3:25-3:35 Lend me your ears: opportunities and challenges in research dissemination
Dr Alison Porter, Associate Professor in Health Services Research, Swansea University

3:35-3:45 PRIME Centre Wales ‘Knowledge mobilization, dissemination and impact strategy’
Dr Micaela Gal, Knowledge and mobilization lead, Cardiff University

3:45-4:15 Discussion

4:15-4:25 Feedback and summary
Professor Sarah Purdy, OBE, Co-Director of REACH, Professor of Primary Care and Pro Vice-Chancellor for Student Experience, University of Bristol

4:25-4:30 Closing remarks
Professor Jonathan Benger, CBE MD FRCS FRCEM, Co-Director of REACH, Professor of Emergency Care, University of the West of England, Bristol