PRIME Centre Wales Annual Meeting 2019

27th November 2019, Cardiff

We were delighted to welcome guests to the fifth PRIME Centre Wales Annual Meeting, held 27th November hosted by Cardiff University at Park Plaza, Cardiff. 

Following our previous years' rotating focus on two of PRIME Centre Wales’ research workpackages, this year's event programme featured:

• Supportive and palliative care launch of new workpackage for 2020 - featuring presentations by co-leads Annmarie Nelson, Marie Curie Professor of Supportive and Palliative Care; Scientific Director, Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Centre; Marlise Poolman, Senior Clinical Lecturer, Bangor University, who offered an overview of work to date and future direction of research in PRIME.
  
  We were honoured to welcome guest speakers: 
  • Idris Baker (pictured opposite), Welsh National Clinical Lead for palliative and end of life care & Consultant in Palliative Medicine who presented a Welsh Government and End of Life Board perspective of palliative and supportive care research in Wales. 
  • Ian Lewis, Head of Strategy and Initiatives, National Cancer Research Institute talked about palliative and supportive care research in the context of primary care and the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI).
  • Mr Jim Fitzgibbon, public member speaker for palliative and supportive care who offered a carer’s/family member perspective. 

• Common infections and antimicrobial resistance - featuring presentations by the two new workpackage co-leads Dr Kathryn Hughes and Dr Harry Ahmed who offered a contextual overview of why this research is so important, and how PRIME's research is helping to improve diagnosis and treatment of infections optimise antibiotic use.
• With guest speakers: 
  
  • Dr Rhiannon Phillips, Lecturer in Health and Wellbeing Psychology School, Cardiff Met University, and Dr David Gillespie, Deputy Director of Infection, Inflammation & Immunity, Centre for Trials Research Trials, Cardiff University, to share how the important findings from the PACE study (recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine) were disseminated in order to inform future policy and practice, presented by research collaborators.

The afternoon featured a choice of parallel workshops/poster session:

1. Novel Participatory Methods in Qualitative Research
   Delivered by: Fiona Wood, Harriet Quinn-Scoggins, Amber Jordan, Denitza Williams, Becki Law
   
   
2. No research about us without us’: how public and patient involvement is essential in PRIME research
   Delivered by: SUPER group members: Mari James, Barbara Harrington, Lindsay Haywood, Mary Nettle, Pam Brannigan, and PRIME colleagues: Bridie Evans, Carolyn Wallace
   
   

3. Methods for reviewing large bodies of evidence
   Delivered by: Ruth Lewis, Stefanie Disbeschl, Matthew Jones

4. Global collaboration for primary care research
   Delivered by: John Wynn-Jones, Joyce Kenkre
   
   

5. Parallel poster session 
   Delivered by: Adrian Edwards and WP representatives

The day closed with an elevator pitch style research innovation and dangerous ideas session, featuring 11 pitches from a range of speakers, with a prize awarded for the top three pitches.

Best elevator pitch to: 

1. Jess Roberts, Bangor University, for research findings pitch: CARer-ADministration of as-needed sub-cutaneous medication for breakthrough symptoms in homebased dying patients: a UK study protocol (CARiAD)

Runner-up to: 

1. Pamela Smith, Cardiff University for research findings pitch:  Recruitment of hard-to-reach smokers using a novel social media strategy
   
   
2. Chris Moore, Welsh Ambulance Service Trust for dangerous idea pitch 'Prehospital Recognition and Antibiotics for 999 patients with Sepsis (PhRASe): Feasibility Study Interim Results'

Posters profiling PRIME led and supported research projects were also displayed - a selection can be viewed further below.

The full programme is available to view here.

Plenary presentations from the day 

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Workshop slides

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Images from the day

Elevator pitches

A call for abstracts for elevator style pitches attracted a range of submissions across the categories of:

• Research findings
• Research ideas
• Innovation in research
• Dangerous ideas

Each slot lasts 5 minutes :

• 3 minutes' presentation
• 2 minutes for questions
• up to 3 slides including the title slide 

The speaker has 3 minutes to put forward their key argument about why their work matters (why someone should want to come and find out more). The format encourages people to present ideas differently.  This type of presentation is useful for engaging new audiences and is a useful skill for people to develop, as well as good format by which to showcase a range of ideas and so invite further engagement.

1. A definitive randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of a community-based Rehabilitation package following hip fracture
   Innovation in research
   Matthew Jones, Bangor University
2. Collaboration and engagement in research - HEAR: the health experiences of asylum seekers and refugees
   Research findings
   Ashra Khanom, Swansea University
3. PERCH: Preliminary Exploration of the Role of paramedics in Care Homes
   Dangerous idea
   Mark Kingston, Swansea University
4. InFORM: Improving care for people who Frequently call 999: co-production of guidance through an Observational study using Routine linked data and Mixed methods
   Innovation in research
   Ashra Khanom, Swansea University
5. What is the role of primary care in reducing the decline in physical function and physical activity in people with long-term conditions? Findings from a realist synthesis with co-design
   Research findings
   Rebecca Law, Bangor University
6. Recruitment of hard-to-reach smokers using a novel social media strategy
   Research findings
   Pamela Smith, Cardiff University
7. CARer-ADministration of as-needed sub-cutaneous medication for breakthrough symptoms in homebased dying patients: a UK study protocol (CARiAD)
   Research findings
   Jess Roberts, Bangor University
8. Prehospital Recognition and Antibiotics for 999 patients with Sepsis (PhRASe): Feasibility Study Interim Results
   Dangerous idea
   Chris Moore, Welsh Ambulance Service
9. Wales as a laboratory: Family Resilience (FRAIT) in India
   Dangerous idea
   Carolyn Wallace & David Pontin, University of South Wales
10. Flexing the logic model
    Dangerous idea
    Alison Porter & Mark Kingston, Swansea University
11. Involving the SUPER group to produce the best proposals
    Dangerous idea
    The SUPER Group (Service Users for Primary and Emergency care Research)

Posters from the day

The plenary room also featured a number of posters showcasing the recent research of the PRIME Centre Wales team including:

1. Work Package 1: Long term conditions & comorbidity
2. Work Package 2: Person centred care
3. Work Package 3: Infections & antimicrobial resistance
4. Work Package 4: Screening, prevention & diagnosis in primary care
5. Work Package 5: Unscheduled & emergency (including pre-hosiptal care)
6. Work Package 6: Patient safety
7. Work Package 7: Oral health & primary dental care