Tag: patients
Janet Cairnie’s Complementary Therapy blog
BLOG 5 April 2016 This month started with an article to prepare for Leo Clifton the Volunteer Co-ordinator to place in this months ‘Volunteer’ magazine. It gave a description of my role and how I am recruiting and training Volunteers. The Presentations and meetings are going really well. So far I have covered West Lancashire[…]
Being in pain is a bit of a pain
There were so many great talks and presentations at the British Renal Society’s Conference in Leeds last week that it’s taken several days of reflection for them all to sink in. My mind however keeps returning to a talk from a junior doctor from Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, Louis Koizia. His excellent and[…]
Abba, Dementia and Empathy
Cristina and I have given a few presentations about GMKIN in the past few months but they felt like rehearsals for the main event, the British Renal Society Annual Conference which this year was held at Leeds University. Our journey to Leeds didn’t bode well for the rest of the conference: motorway traffic jams, a[…]
Research at SRFT: My experience as a Clinical Research Fellow
Research at SRFT: my experience as a Clinical Research Fellow Hi! My name is Diana and I am one of the Clinical Research Fellows within the Renal Department at SRFT. My career in Renal Medicine started in 2011 as a Specialist Trainee in Renal Medicine. I have always been intrigued by the world of research[…]
Emotions and music
A couple of weeks ago I posted a suggestion on the GMKIN Facebook group that if people were interested in writing a blog it didn’t have to be about kidney disease, in fact it could be about anything, perhaps their top ten movies. Well I’ve taken my own advice in part and this blog[…]
The Impenetrable Language of Research Documents
Many years ago as I was taking my first steps into Information Technology management I was invited by the board of directors to present a proposal detailing my recommendations on resolving the performance issues of the company’s computer system. The day duly arrived, I was summoned to join them in the boardroom and nevously began[…]
NKF Annual conference
NKF Annual conference The National Kidney Foundation are holding their Annual Patient Conference 2013 at Hinckley Island Hotel, Leicestershire, on the 11-13 October 2013. Kidney poster and for any further information contact Dr Tina Chrysochou (tina.chrysochou@srft.nhs.uk).