Last winter Natalie, one of the MSc students, was  fortunate enough to travel with Partners for Rural Health to the Dominican Republic to provide healthcare to local populations. After making our way through security with our individual carry-ons and checked bags full of donated medicines and supplies, we threw our bags into some old-school trucks and […]

Last Summer Dr Fiona Cuthill had a very successful visit to EWHA Womans University in Seoul, South Korea, thanks to a British Council Researcher Links Travel Grant. From 15th June – 18th July 2015 she was able to develop research collaborations between academic researchers working in the Nursing Science Department at EWHA, and has identified research […]

Nepal: a rural maternal and child health clinic New Norms and Forms of Development: Foreign Aid and Maternal and Child Health Services Professor Pam Smith and Dr Radha Adhikari from Nursing Studies are currently involved in an ethnographic research project with Prof. Ian Harper, and Dr. Jeevan Sharma, from the School of Social and Political […]

As part of the MSc course entitled Professional and personal development http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/health/nursing-studies/postgraduate/cpd/professional-development students were given an insight to the best way to manage their digital footprint. When asked to articulate ‘what eProfessionalisem mean for you’ students noted a myriad of words which were then used for a wordle image. The session, led by Dr Louise […]

Tessie (one of the MSc Students) shares her experiences of the MSc students trip to Mary Kings Close.   Last Wednesday, we had a wonderful ghost tour to Mary King`s Close to celebrate the Halloween. Mary King`s Close is a warren of underground streets in the Old Town area of Edinburgh, which filled with myths and […]

Dr Aisha Holloway and Dr Sarah Rhynas together with artist Ms Samantha Fraser attended the NMAHP Research awards ceremony last week and were delighted to be announced winners in the category for Innovation in Research. They were presented their Award by the Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland, Professor Fiona McQueen, with Director of NMAHP Prof […]

Three generations of students from the Master of Nursing in Clinical Research joined a contingent of lifesavers in the heart of Scotland’s capital on Friday 16th October 2015. European Restart a Heart Day was marked in Edinburgh by the launch of an initiative branded Save A Life for Scotland. The campaign aims to train members […]

Celebration of students’ birthdays, on the Advancing Nursing practice, is done as a group ‘activity’. The student is asked to give a very short talk about an App of their choice (education or health related) and contribute to our growing repository of App reviews placed on the Learn Platform for all the see. The first […]

  As part of their welcome week, new students on the MSc Advancing nursing practice were sent to follow a treasure hunt trail in the old city of Edinburgh. Prizes were given to the team that collected most clues and the team that sent the best picture from their trail. The pictures were placed on […]

The Master of Nursing in Clinical Research – a final ‘get together’ for the 2014-15 group, 10th September 2015 Almost exactly a year on from initial introductions, the Master of Nursing in Clinical Research 2014/15 group assembled for the final time. It was a chance to reflect on the past year with staff, research mentors […]